To: nickcarraway
Ocho Reales were legal tender in the US until 1857. They were often cut to “bits” to fractionalize the value. There was 8 (Ocho) bits to a coin and that’s where the term “two bits” meaning a Quarter Dollar came from.
To: atomic_dog
One day I used the term ‘two bits’ with a young engineer.
They were about 25 years old, and did not know what that meant.
So I did explain it. Utterly news to them.
5 posted on
08/01/2025 3:31:17 PM PDT by
Scrambler Bob
(Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
To: dfwgator
6 posted on
08/01/2025 3:53:31 PM PDT by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: atomic_dog
Shave and a haircut... ;-)
11 posted on
08/01/2025 6:08:43 PM PDT by
Axenolith
(Don’t bother holding my beer, I’ll finish it first…)
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