oops.. well to be honest I didn't really know how the phrase came into being. So I turned to our trusted friend Google. One site says that it is a terminology taken from cards where to throw your tuppence worth in meant to make a lowest bid.. to enter a game.. and hence thereby to giving ones opinion about a matter under discussion.
Don't know if that is true though :)
CHeers,
Arun
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:37:44 -0000, Sridhar Rathinam
Probably 'Two Penny's worth' would have got changed like this.. we often say in tamil also..'dhambidi proyojanam ellatha vishayam..' or 'paisa proyojanam ellatha matter....' etc. should be something similar. right..its my interpretation.