Edwird
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic quote:
ORIGINAL: Edwird "tuppence" quote:
Lucylastic; thruppence You read my mind! Yes, what I meant to say. Being derived in part from the word three, and all that. The British threepence (3d) coin, usually simply known as a threepence or threepenny bit, was ... The sum of three pence was pronounced variously THROOP-ence, THREPP-ence or THRUPP-ence, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threepence_(British_coin) its a regional thang Yes, I knew all that, hence my play on the word to begin with, being familiar with the phrase "not worth a thruppence" et al. But thanks for informing us all, in any case. I was going too fast and got only half way in the transition from trump to thrup.
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