#33532
06/25/2001 3:27 PM
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wwh - the explanations given at your link are the ones often proposed. I ceratinly have nothing to judge them by. It talks about the phrase only being in general usage from the 1980s. I am not aware of it being in widespread use until after the recent film, but my memory tells me I had heard and understood the term back in the mid-60s.
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#33533
06/25/2001 3:36 PM
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A monty was the amount of space left over in a cement mixer after all of the ropes used to hold down the ammunition belts had been removed and the material used in the cement mixer lorry's driver's kilt had been converted into making a jacket for the gunner who had carried the rugby ball the length of the pitch and thereby gained a snotch.
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#33534
06/25/2001 3:54 PM
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I should have said " more complete discussion." I did not mean to imply that I accepted any of the interpretations.
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#33535
06/25/2001 11:14 PM
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So now we have "Full Monty" discussed everywhere but where it should be.
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#33536
06/25/2001 11:45 PM
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Full Monty was Today's Word, actually a phrase. It is not a Weekly Theme.
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#33537
06/26/2001 12:56 AM
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No,no,no,no,no!Sorry, Faldage, but this sounds more like ullage to me! 
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#33538
06/26/2001 1:24 AM
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Here, Rod, this link is a little more comprehensive in its explorations. Not because it's my link, it just is...actually I was hoping Dr. Bill's link opened a few more doors...I just want more information! It seems we have an insolvable phrase origin! This links gives references going back to the 1800's. But, as everywhere, no source is uncovered. Here is a fascinating and thorough discussion on the possible origins of the phrase "the full monty", an excerpt from the newsletter of the Quote/Unquote site I mentioned a little while back...here's the URL: http://www1.btwebworld.com/quote-unquote/p0000029.htm
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#33539
06/26/2001 10:20 AM
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Dr Bill semi-harrumphs®: Full Monty was Today's Word, actually a phrase. It is not a Weekly Theme.It is part of this week's theme. Without the individual words/phrases, we'd have no weekly themes. (does beating a dead horse make me a nag?  )
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#33540
06/26/2001 10:58 AM
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#33541
06/26/2001 12:28 PM
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ASp (k)nickers does beating a dead horse make me a nag?
"Are you dead, horse?!"
[still looking for that movie]
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#33542
06/26/2001 1:33 PM
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" This week's theme: new words in the OED. "
That is what Wordsmith says. I have no opinions about the choices the OED made.
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#33543
06/26/2001 3:14 PM
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Re: does beating a dead horse make me a nag?
I guess if the shoe fits...
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#33544
06/26/2001 3:21 PM
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if the shoe fits
Ya gotta know the magic word.
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06/26/2001 3:28 PM
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or architecht a nu won
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