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N9MD
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Not Mark Twain. It's Cockney.

said by The Wiz:

Mark Twain, I believe , said
"You pays your monies and takes your chances"

Most "phrase" historians attribute "You pays your monies and takes your choice (not chances)" to a 19th century edition of Punch, a humorous weekly periodical published in England from 1841 until it closed up shop in 1992. The expression, reflecting Cockney dialect, appeared in one of the 1846 editions.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) would have been 11 years old in 1846.

Question:  What was Samuel Clemens pen name?

Answer:    BIC   
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Thank you for the correction

Adam4
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said by The Wiz:

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) would have been 11 years old in 1846.

Question:  What was Samuel Clemens pen name?

Answer:    BIC   

BIC (Société Bic, a company based in Clichy, France) was founded in 1945. Samuel Clemens died in 1910.

N9MD
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said by Adam4:

... Samuel Clemens died in 1910.

Oh yeah?!?! »www.linkedin.com/in/sclemens.    Tell that to his mother.

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said by N9MD:

Oh yeah?!?! »www.linkedin.com/in/sclemens.    Tell that to his mother.

quote:
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
-- Mark Twain

Wow! I guess he was right after all!
PX Eliezer1
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said by Adam4:

BIC (Société Bic, a company based in Clichy, France) was founded in 1945. Samuel Clemens died in 1910.

But he [was] a man very interested in the [future] so that's not a surprise.

He invested in the Paige Typesetter, which was actually a good machine but which lost out to the Mergenthaler Linotype because they had better marketing!

He also wrote hard science fiction. His 1904 story "Sold to Satan" is about Radium which had only recently been discovered.

As for his pen name, because Samuel Clemens was a [riverboat pilot] (that's where he got that mark twain name), undoubtedly his two favourite pens were Waterman and Pilot.....

Davesnothere
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said by PX Eliezer1:

....As for his pen name, because Samuel Clemens was a [riverboat pilot] (that's where he got that mark twain name), undoubtedly his two favourite pens were Waterman and Pilot.....

 
You're such a 'Sharpie' !