Where did the name for this blog come from?
Well, originally it was going to be called “DDD” (as in Developing Daily Discipline), but I thought that might attract the wrong kind of attention – and therefore disappoint readers!
My next thought was 3d, which seemed a lot safer but still carried the potential to confuse.
Then I realised that 3d was how we used to depict threepence (thrupence) in writing. (Yes, I remember using pre-decimilisation British coinage.) This coin would have a relative low value nowadays (slightly more than one penny). It’s also multi-sided – a quaint feature of some British coins, which I like. It’s actually a duodecagon (that’s 12 sided).
So Thrupenny Thoughts seemed to be an appropriate name and metaphor for a blog that will cover different aspects of developing daily discipline (multi-sided), with the thoughts being of limited value in their own right!
Well, it makes sense to me!
Well, originally it was going to be called “DDD” (as in Developing Daily Discipline), but I thought that might attract the wrong kind of attention – and therefore disappoint readers!
My next thought was 3d, which seemed a lot safer but still carried the potential to confuse.
Then I realised that 3d was how we used to depict threepence (thrupence) in writing. (Yes, I remember using pre-decimilisation British coinage.) This coin would have a relative low value nowadays (slightly more than one penny). It’s also multi-sided – a quaint feature of some British coins, which I like. It’s actually a duodecagon (that’s 12 sided).
So Thrupenny Thoughts seemed to be an appropriate name and metaphor for a blog that will cover different aspects of developing daily discipline (multi-sided), with the thoughts being of limited value in their own right!
Well, it makes sense to me!
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2 comments:
I, too, remember the thruppeny bit. What a magnificent coin it was, so tactile and solid.
It was my brother's 70th birthday recently and I got him a 1938 thruppeny bit from E-Bay to go with his main present. It was just as good as I remember.
Look forward to reading this new blog.
what a great name! thank you for sharing your thought process in arriving at it. i think metaphors are just about the coolest thing around...right up there with paradox which always reminds me of God...
look forward to seeing what arrives here.
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