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a penny for your thoughts
a penny for your thoughts
I would like to know what you are thinking about For several minutes they sat silently, then finally she looked at him and said, “A penny for your thoughts, Walter.”
A penny for your thoughts.
also A penny for them. something that you say in order to ask someone who is being very quiet what they are thinking about 'A penny for your thoughts.' 'Oh, I was just thinking about how to tell him I'm leaving.'
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Torhild | | - | Norwegian |
| Celestina | | the-le-STEE-nah (Spanish), se-le-STEE-nah (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-nah (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
| Ewald | | E-vahlt (German) | German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic |
| Bastiaan | | BAHS-tee-ah:n | Dutch |
| Sorin | | - | Romanian |
| Dove | | - | English |