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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 |
|---|
| Alise (2) | | - | English (Rare) |
| Durai | | - | Tamil |
| Polycarp | | PAHL-ee-kahrp (English) | Ancient Greek (Anglicized) |
| Killian | | - | Irish, French |
| Milosh | | - | Medieval Slavic |
| Matilde | | mah-TEEL-de (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian |