http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/to-the-nines/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/to-the-nines/comment-page-1/#comment-21090 Maarten Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:03:57 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5091#comment-21090 After reading this article I started wondering and came up with another possibility - could it be that "to thine eyes" garbled into "to the nines"? After reading this article I started wondering and came up with another possibility – could it be that “to thine eyes” garbled into “to the nines”?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/to-the-nines/comment-page-1/#comment-20182 OwenKL Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:42:18 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5091#comment-20182 Nines, being plural, make me think multiple nines are involved. 99% or to .9999... or more modernly, all scores above 9 in Olympic judging. Nines, being plural, make me think multiple nines are involved. 99% or to .9999… or more modernly, all scores above 9 in Olympic judging.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/to-the-nines/comment-page-1/#comment-20143 Elizabeth Lightwood Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:29:24 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5091#comment-20143 The CANOE theory is clearly rot because a three-masted square-rigger under full sail has upwards of twenty sails. The CANOE theory is clearly rot because a three-masted square-rigger under full sail has upwards of twenty sails.

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