Something Our Parents Would Say A Penny For Your Thoughts

Those old sayings. Who what where when and how? Some of those old sayings are not only ancient but still carry an impact today. One of them? A penny for your thoughts.  


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Those old saints, phrases, idioms, you know, the things that
your family and friends would say. It usually came from
out of nowhere and you were like what, And then
about fifteen steps down the road you would go, oh,
I get it. Now. Some of those old saints actually
made sense. Well, they had to start somewhere. Who, what, where, why, when?
And how. Some of those old saints are not only ancient,

(00:20):
but they still carry a powerful punch even today. In fact,
I'd live by one of those old saints. Winning is
a choice in all things that you do. Whatever decision
you're about to make, remember and activate it. Winning is
a choice. It's an old saying, a phrase, an idiom.
The goal of these episodes is to help preserve not

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only a language, but lessons in life. My name is Arrow.
A penny for your thoughts. This actually dates back to
the sixteenth century, an old English idiom used as a
way of being polite when asking somebody, so, what are
you thinking about, especially if they appear to be lost
or extremely quiet? A penny for your thoughts. It was
first introduced by Sir Thomas Moore, who put it in

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his book Four Last Things in fifteen twenty two. He wrote,
as it often happeth that the very face of showeth
the mind walking of pilgrimage. Another will say to him,
a penny for your thoughts. At that time, the penny
was worth a lot more than what it is today.
When offering someone a penny for their thoughts, it was
looked upon as being that of value. But but, but,

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but but Back then, a penny for your thoughts was
genuine curiosity and engagement. Today it's lightheartedness and outam habit,
and truly not in tune with what's really going on.
We will say, so, what are you thinking about? Or
give you a penny for your thoughts? A penny for
your thoughts five hundred years old. How much would it
be worth today? Well, due to inflation and the rising

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cost of value, a single penny for your thoughts is
nine dollars and ninety cents here in the United States. Sadly,
asking to hear someone's thoughts seems a little bit old fashion.
Why waste your time when all you have to do
is just go to their social media pages? A penny
for your thoughts something our parents would say. My name
is Harol,