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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU!ALILESTE
  3. Message-ID: <WORDS-L%92123019073829@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 12:19:54 MST
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
  8. Subject: Re: The Whole Nine Yards
  9. Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  10. In-Reply-To:  Message of Tue,
  11.               29 Dec 1992 15:45:17 CST from <samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
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  14. On Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:45:17 CST <samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU> said:
  15. >occasions. Thus, "the whole nine yards" came to mean doing some-
  16. >thing "properly". The British Raj veterans brought this phrase back
  17. >to Britain.
  18. >
  19.    but that isn't what it means, tushiebaby.....
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  22. oh, well....it figures....
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  24. dan
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