Have you heard any news / Of that chap in the Blues / Was it Prosser, or Pyecroft, or Pimm?

The fare was threepence for the two of us but in addition to the accent problem (dialect almost), they asked for it as “two three-halfpennies, please.” The translation of that is: two fares (Margo and me) of three halfpennies each. Whether I would have understood it if he had said “a penny and a half” I don’t know, but “one thruppence” I surely would have understood.

'I had a massive argument with my parents about moving into halls and they even tried to bribe me a bit and said, You know, if you don't go into halls we'll give you the money that you would have paid in halls as a gift.

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