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- penny for your thoughts, a
penny for your thoughts, a
penny for your thoughts, a
What are you thinking about? For example, You've been awfully quiet-a penny for your thoughts. This expression dates from the 1500s and was in John Heywood's 1546 collection of proverbs.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Lindsay | | LINDZ-ee | English, Scottish |
| Hina | | hee-nah | Japanese |
| Napoleon | | nə-PO-lee-ən (English) | History, English |
| Varuna | | - | Hinduism |
| Carey | | KER-ee | Irish, English |
| Matias | | MAH-tee-ahs (Finnish) | Finnish, Portuguese |