pics of my GTI

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

Hmmm, that is a new one...  Interesting as well..  I may have to reserve
judgement on that one.  Although, you are closer to the sea than I am....
;-)

Cheers,
  David

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Macfarlane [mailto:juliemac57@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 7:58 PM
To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net; smithma7@gmail.com
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: RE: pics of my GTI

The whole nine yards is an old sailor term. Each sail was termed a yard.
Therefore raising all the sails (9 of them) became the "Whole Nine Yards".

9 yards of ammo would be a strip of cloth wrapped ammo 27 feet long.



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY




>From: David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net>
>Reply-To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net
>To: Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: RE: pics of my GTI
>Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:15:33 -0500
>
>Good assesment, I would buy it...  I like to know where words evolved from,
>9 time out of 10 it is stranger than fiction...  Example...  'The Whole
>Nine'...  IIRC, this came from WWII.  Whomever was loading the machine gun
>(which ever type it was), would ask the shooter if they wanted the 'whole
>nine yards' of rounds.  This was apparently an issue because the longer the
>ammunition, the higher likleyhood of jamming...  If someone has a better
>memory than mine, please feel free to correct me...
>
>Cheers,
>   David
> >
> > From: Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com>
> > Date: 2004/11/08 Mon PM 04:02:29 EST
> > To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net
> > CC: marc_scirocco <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>,  scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: RE: pics of my GTI
> >
> > props...  <----  Where the shit did that word come from, anyways?
> > >
> > > David
> >
> > Dictionary.com:
> >
> > props
> >
> > n : proper respect; "I have to give my props to the governor for the
> > way he handled the problem"
> >
> > Off the top of my head, I'd have to say that it came from the fact
> > that a prop is a support.  And then slang made it the way it is.   In
> > the above example, if you switch props for support, it still works
> > fine.
> >
> > Amateur wordsmith,
> > --
> > Mike
> > '86 red 16v (Red 5)
> >
>
>
>---Chrome don't get you home.---
>
>
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