Oyteur (Woody Allen); Whole Nine Yards (1955!)

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OYTEUR
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Oy + auteur. Sounds too close to "oyster" for my taste.
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New York Sun, May 13-15, 2005, pg. 13, col. 1:
_The New New_
_Woody Allen Movie_

It's the best new Woody Allen movie in some time, Nathan Lee writes.
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By late afternoon on Wednesday, word was here out that "Match Point" would prove a return to form for our great oyteur, so first thing Thursday morning the New York press corps--and about 2,000 others--staggered into the gigantic Lumiere theater to see for ourselves.
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THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (1955!)
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-----Original Message-----
From: RAStratton <rastratton at bellsouth.net>
To: Bapopik at aol.com
Sent: Fri, 13 May 2005 9:31:19 -0400
Subject: Re: "Whole Nine Yards" query on American dialect


Barry,

The most unique request I have received since 1973!

Etymology of  "whole nine yards"?

1. Where first heard?
Navy School of Preflight in July 1955 at the ACRAAC (Aviation Cadet Recreation
and Athletic Club - a base beer hall; NavCad's could not use O Club). Home of
salacious & scatological songs, shaggy dog stories and off beat humor.
2. What meaning then?
Referred to the mythical Andy McTavish's private member and the scarf knitted by
him for the birthday of his affianced, Mary Margaret MacMuff.
3. Explained in detail?
Yes, in great detail. One of a series of stories and songs enshrining the
courtship of Andy and Mary Margaret.
4. US or VN?
United States - NAS Pensacola FL
5. Aviator usage in 1973?
The "whole nine yards" joined "the whole kit and caboodle" as meaning  "all
inclusive", "containing each and every element" and "a whole without any
exceptions". It had lost all sexual reference or innuendo.

Attached for your information.

Dick