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If you are fans of LIEWCF OR reading LIEWCF Blog page before, I’m sure you will notice about the word My Two Cents. He likely used that word for each single blog.

Anyway, I’m not sure since when he start using the word “My Two Cents”. But what the hell “My Two Cents” is? Why not My Ten Cents? My One Cents? My three Cents and else….

Initially I know about this English word “My Two Cents” in MYOSS Malling List which I subscribed long time ago.

What is MYOSS?
It’s Malaysia Open Source Group. Check it out more….

So, what is “My Two Cents”?
After searching in Google & Wikipedi, I found this:

• My two cents is an American idiom.
• My
  Two Cents is an element of the American cartoon TV show The Simpsons.

“My two cents” and its longer version “put my two cents in” is an American idiomatic expression used to preface the stating of one’s opinion. By deprecating the opinion to follow — suggesting its value is only two cents, a very small amount — the user of the phrase hopes to lessen the impact of a possibly contentious statement, showing politeness and humility. The phrase is also used out of habit to preface uncontentious opinions.

For example: “If I may put my two cents in, that hat doesn’t do you any favors.” (More polite way of saying, for example: That hat is ugly.) An example of the shortened version: “My two cents is that you should sell that stock now.”

The phrase originates in betting card games, such as poker. In these games, one must make a small bet, or ante, before beginning play. Thus, the phrase makes an analogy between entering the game and entering a conversation.

“Two cents” and its variations may also be used in place of the noun “opinion” or the verb phrase “state [subject's] opinion”, e.g. “You had to put your two cents in, didn’t you?”

Enjoy Reading and Learning English

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