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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The whole nine yards.. #22450 03/12/2001 5:03 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass as the minions suggest, speculation abounds. here's what I'd do if I wanted to read the whole nine yards: go to google.com and type in... "whole nine yards" derivation (include quotation marks) as usual, I like Quinion's take... http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/nineyards.htm (as he points out, this is the second-most asked question in all of linguistics, the first being that execrable -gry query.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The whole nine yards.. davedrake1 03/12/2001 4:34 PM Re: The whole nine yards.. garynamy 03/12/2001 4:50 PM Re: The whole nine yards.. of troy 03/12/2001 4:54 PM Re: The whole nine yards.. tsuwm 03/12/2001 5:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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