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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3677)11/20/2000 10:25:53 AM
From: Paul Ma  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
I think you are correct. The are between comments and welcomed is tacitly understood I think.

I tried the etymologic thing and only got 7 out of 10 :(
I will try the lineone.net thing

Paul



To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3677)11/20/2000 1:19:42 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 4711
 
Your site asked me for the origin of the whole nine yards.

it claimed it was the capacity of a concrete truck.

I've always heard it came from fighter pilots whose machine gun ammunition belts were 27 feet long, so to shoot the whole belt was to give the enemy the whole nine yards.

Anybody have a basis for the true derivation?


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