More on "The Whole Six Yards"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Precisely my point, Joel.

JL

On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 9/8/2012 01:52 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Extraordinary finds.
> >
> >Is it a coincidence that both examples of the heretofore unknown "whole
> six
> >yards" appear in newspapers of the same Kentucky county within a little
> >more than a month of each other?
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> No.  American newspaper printers copied each other, from the start of
> American newspapers.  In the same county, they might even have talked
> to each other, and used this new expression.
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> Only partly in jest,
> Joel
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> >JL
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> >On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
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> > > Thanks, Bonnie
> > > Bottom of page 1 col. 6, 6 lines up
> > >
> > >
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> > > As we have been gone for a few days and failed to get all the news for
> > > this issue we will give you the whole six yards in our next.
> > >
> > > Stephen Goranson
> > > www.duke.edu/~goranson
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> > > From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of
> > > Bonnie Taylor-Blake [b.taylorblake at GMAIL.COM]
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:34 AM
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> > > I appreciate reading Stephen's, Dave's, and Fred's thoughts on "the
> > > whole six yards of it."  I learn a lot from these discussions and feel
> > > that some of the best work of the list comes through these
> > > collaborative efforts.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1912 _Mount Vernon (KY) Signal_ 17 May 1 (Chronicling America)  But
> > > there i=
> > > > s one thing sure, we dems would never have known that there was such
> > > crooke=
> > > > dness in the Republican party if Ted and Taft had not got crossed at
> > > each o=
> > > > ther.  Just wait boys until the fix gets to a fever heat and they
> will
> > > tell=
> > > >  the whole six yards.
> > >
> > > This is a great find, Fred, and I thank you for it.  I find it
> > > particularly compelling because "the whole six yards" is coupled with
> > > "tell," as in "relate," "report," "share" and, well, "give."  Maybe
> > > it's just me, but I also sense a hint of "[of it/of the story]" tacked
> > > on to the end of "they will tell the whole six yards."
> > >
> > > -- Bonnie
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