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Post by carlton43 on Sept 19, 2021 21:51:24 GMT
Isn’t it ‘apoth ( halfpennyworth)? Spelt Apeth Up North. Apeth is a silly or foolish person. It probably related to having a halfpennyworth of sense. Certainly not 'A'Porth' which feels like a middle class Welsh garden suburb. It should be 'A'pith'.
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Post by Daft H'a'porth A'peth A'pith on Sept 20, 2021 2:57:25 GMT
Well I'll go for all of them, nearly.
Is that daft enough?
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Post by islington on Sept 20, 2021 9:26:40 GMT
Well I'll go for all of them, nearly. Is that daft enough? I'd say it's spelt halfpennyworth and pronounced 'haperth', or 'aperth' only if you are from an h-dropping culture.
On more important matters, it's good that you are feeling less alien8ted.
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 20, 2021 9:43:41 GMT
Well I'll go for all of them, nearly. Is that daft enough? I'd say it's spelt halfpennyworth and pronounced 'haperth', or 'aperth' only if you are from an h-dropping culture.
On more important matters, it's good that you are feeling less alien8ted. From The Yorkshire Post Wednesday 22nd April 1908:
"An inquest on the body of John Briggs who died suddenly at a lodging- house on the Bradford road, Dewsbury on Monday evening, it was stated that the man arrived at Dewsbury on Sunday having walked from Barnsley that day. He looked as if in want , and very tired, and the next morning bought three halfpennyworth of bread, that, with some tea, being the only food he had after entering the town. The medical evidence was to the effect that death was due to heart failure, aggravated by starvation and want , and a verdict in accordance therewith was agreed upon."
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Post by islington on Sept 20, 2021 10:03:08 GMT
I'd say it's spelt halfpennyworth and pronounced 'haperth', or 'aperth' only if you are from an h-dropping culture.
On more important matters, it's good that you are feeling less alien8ted. From The Yorkshire Post Wednesday 22nd April 1908:
"An inquest on the body of John Briggs who died suddenly at a lodging- house on the Bradford road, Dewsbury on Monday evening, it was stated that the man arrived at Dewsbury on Sunday having walked from Barnsley that day. He looked as if in want , and very tired, and the next morning bought three halfpennyworth of bread, that, with some tea, being the only food he had after entering the town. The medical evidence was to the effect that death was due to heart failure, aggravated by starvation and want , and a verdict in accordance therewith was agreed upon."
So the unfortunate man spent 1½d, pronounced 'three-ha'pence'.
It troubles me (although, to be fair, not all that much) that young people don't know things like this, and when they come across sums of money in old documents such as £9.15.8¾ they have no idea how to say it out loud.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 20, 2021 10:13:30 GMT
Even more amusement is caused by giving today's teens a rotary dial phone and asking them to dial a number.
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 20, 2021 10:22:55 GMT
How about just "Daft Person"?
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 20, 2021 10:23:42 GMT
How about just "Daft Person"? Modernist!
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Post by CatholicLeft on Sept 20, 2021 11:21:01 GMT
How about just "Daft Person"? Modernist! You light the torches and I'll get the rakes.
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Post by hengo on Sept 20, 2021 13:28:21 GMT
“ three ha’pence ‘“ was a normal way of expressing that sum when buying small quantities of sweets. No one said “ one and a half pennies worth please” . I sometimes forget how much older I am than most on here! I suppose “ tuppence” and “ thruppence” must seem odd to young people too.
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Post by yellowperil on Sept 20, 2021 14:54:24 GMT
“ three ha’pence ‘“ was a normal way of expressing that sum when buying small quantities of sweets. No one said “ one and a half pennies worth please” . I sometimes forget how much older I am than most on here! I suppose “ tuppence” and “ thruppence” must seem odd to young people too. Doesn't seem at all odd to me.., young man...
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Post by froome on Sept 20, 2021 15:02:36 GMT
“ three ha’pence ‘“ was a normal way of expressing that sum when buying small quantities of sweets. No one said “ one and a half pennies worth please” . I sometimes forget how much older I am than most on here! I suppose “ tuppence” and “ thruppence” must seem odd to young people too. And that leads us into the how to pronounce thruppence dilemma. I always used to say throopence but no doubt will be told that was wrong..
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 20, 2021 15:12:36 GMT
“ three ha’pence ‘“ was a normal way of expressing that sum when buying small quantities of sweets. No one said “ one and a half pennies worth please” . I sometimes forget how much older I am than most on here! I suppose “ tuppence” and “ thruppence” must seem odd to young people too. And that leads us into the how to pronounce thruppence dilemma. I always used to say throopence but no doubt will be told that was wrong.. It also leads me to wonder whether any one else (besides my slightly strange family) were in the habit of using the word 'tuppence' to describe a certain activity, in the same way that it is commonplace to refer to 'spending a penny' (referring to a 'number 2' in this context is fairly common so I suppose it is a logical enough formulation, but I don't remember hearing anyone else use the term in that way) Edit to add, yes of course you were wrong. the Tup of tuppence is pronounced in the same way as up or cup
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 20, 2021 15:34:51 GMT
And that leads us into the how to pronounce thruppence dilemma. I always used to say throopence but no doubt will be told that was wrong.. It also leads me to wonder whether any one else (besides my slightly strange family) were in the habit of using the word 'tuppence' to describe a certain activity, in the same way that it is commonplace to refer to 'spending a penny' (referring to a 'number 2' in this context is fairly common so I suppose it is a logical enough formulation, but I don't remember hearing anyone else use the term in that way) Edit to add, yes of course you were wrong. the Tup of tuppence is pronounced in the same way as up or cup don't know about that, but it used to be used as slang for female genitalia. Maybe still is.
And a tup is a male ram. One of their favourite activities is tupping.
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Post by carlton43 on Sept 20, 2021 15:37:36 GMT
“ three ha’pence ‘“ was a normal way of expressing that sum when buying small quantities of sweets. No one said “ one and a half pennies worth please” . I sometimes forget how much older I am than most on here! I suppose “ tuppence” and “ thruppence” must seem odd to young people too. And that leads us into the how to pronounce thruppence dilemma. I always used to say throopence but no doubt will be told that was wrong.. My take is Thrup-ence.
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 20, 2021 15:44:43 GMT
And that leads us into the how to pronounce thruppence dilemma. I always used to say throopence but no doubt will be told that was wrong.. My take is Thrup-ence. Thruppeny bit. used to put them in the Christmas pudding. not any more*
*it's health and safety gone mad i tell you.
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Post by John Chanin on Sept 20, 2021 16:14:39 GMT
Thruppeny bit. used to put them in the Christmas pudding. not any more*
My mother used to put the old “silver” threepenny pieces in the Christmas pudding. I’m old enough, just about, to remember the pre-decimal currency. It was pronounced thrupence (with a short u - sorry but it’s too much effort to post IPA). And tuppence, with the short mid-vowel as in cup.
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Post by froome on Sept 20, 2021 17:09:00 GMT
And that leads us into the how to pronounce thruppence dilemma. I always used to say throopence but no doubt will be told that was wrong.. My take is Thrup-ence. Actually, thinking back, it was more confusing than that. I would say throopence for thruppence, but thruppence if it was thruppence halfpenny. I've no idea why.
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Post by manchesterman on Sept 20, 2021 19:23:17 GMT
So where does Mike Pence fit into all this?!
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 20, 2021 21:36:12 GMT
So where does Mike Pence fit into all this?! Republican (no change).
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