Front-Page New York Times Story on "The Whole Nine Yards"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Dec 26 23:45:32 UTC 2012
Tomorrow's New York Times will have a story about the recent discoveries by Bonnie Taylor-Blake and me about the etymology of the phrase "the whole nine yards." I believe the story is going to be on the front page of the print newspaper. Ben Zimmer and Jesse Sheidlower are also quoted, and Sam Clements is mentioned. The ADS-L list serv is referred to, and there is a link to Barry Popik's website. The online version is already up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/books/the-whole-nine-yards-seeking-a-phrases-origin.html
Fred Shapiro
Editor
YALE BOOK OF QUOTATIONS (Yale University Press)
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