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  9. Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1993 14:25:33 -0800
  10. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  11. From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
  12. Subject:      Re: The Whole Nine Yards
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  16. From: MacPhil <IQTI400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU>
  17.  
  18. > The saying is from the days of delivering coal to homes for fuel.
  19. > A coal truck would hold a maximum of nine cubic yards of coal
  20. >
  21.  
  22. And I thought it was a hold over from Old Norse. The Norse cos-
  23. mos was composed of nine 'areas' transliterated as 'yeards',
  24. so the entire universe would be known as the whole nine yeards.
  25.  
  26. Ceases will never wonder.
  27.  
  28. Pm
  29.