[Steppes] A bit OT, need info....

[Terry Varner]

I just did a searcha and found several referances to ha' penny, but no 
referances to hey penny in the same context.



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>From: kellie H <kgsfa86 at swbell.net>
>Reply-To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>To: Steppes <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Steppes] A bit OT, need info....
>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:39:32 -0800 (PST)
>
>OK linguists, I have a question.  I just ran across what I think is a 
>misspelling, based on my previous repeated exposure to the word...my Oxford 
>is in the attic....
>
>"hey penny"  was how the text spelled it, referencing the slang for the 
>British half-penny.
>I have always seen it spelled "ha' penny", but PRONOUNCED "HEY penny".    
>The text is a blacksmithing manual, I have no idea how else the author 
>might have been exposed to the word.  I think the manual is self-published 
>(ie no one checking the text for obtuse context like that).
>
>Comments?
>
>Catrin
>
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