#three pence

[umsdigital]

Trotro

Interesting history behind Trotro. Find out the details

Three pence, or as the Brits called it: Thruppence, was rendered as trɔ (or tɔlɔ) in Ga language.

Trɔ was the standard price charged for travel in the privately run “bone-shaker” lorries that carried goods and passengers within Accra and it’s outskirts. The vehicles thus became known as tro-tro (sometimes also spelt as trotro).

The word is still used in reference to these privately-run transport…

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[achvilles]

yesterday my best friend kept calling the movie Third Star every single name under the sun except for the actual movie title because she really couldn't get the name down. The names included were

Three fifths pence, Three Pence, Three States,Three Statues, Three Elves(long story behind that last one)

and the best one that happened this morning

Me: What happens when you meet Benedict and you're going to tell him how amazing his work was in that movie and you can't remember the name and  you're like "I loved Three Pence"?

BFFL: No no, I know it's called Three Stories(the most serious face I have ever seen because she's convinced herself that's the name)