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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!baron.english.uiuc.edu!baron
  3. From: baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Baron)
  4. Subject: Re: 3 guesses
  5. References: <30722@castle.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Message-ID: <baron.105.727973506@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  7. Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
  8. Organization: University of Illinois
  9. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:51:46 GMT
  10. Lines: 31
  11.  
  12. In article <30722@castle.ed.ac.uk> benha@castle.ed.ac.uk (Ben Hambidge) writes:
  13. >Path: news.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!edcastle!benha
  14. >From: benha@castle.ed.ac.uk (Ben Hambidge)
  15. >Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  16. >Subject: 3 guesses
  17. >Message-ID: <30722@castle.ed.ac.uk>
  18. >Date: 25 Jan 93 11:48:21 GMT
  19. >Organization: Edinburgh University
  20. >Lines: 13
  21. >
  22. >Does anyone know the origin of 'three' in the phrase 'I'll give
  23. >you three guesses'?
  24. >
  25. >Ben.
  26. >
  27. >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  28. >Ben Hambidge    |                       |Bread is the staff of life; Toast is
  29. >4 Merchiston Ave| benha@castle.ed.ac.uk |a decadent capitalist luxury.
  30. >EDINBURGH       |-----------------------|------------------------------------ 
  31. >EH10 4NX        |Tel: +44 31 447 4047   |Smile they said, life could be worse.
  32. >U.K.            |                       |So I did, and it was.
  33. >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  34.  
  35. debaron@uiuc.edu               (\                   217-333-2392
  36.                                \'\             fax: 217-333-4321
  37. Dennis Baron                    \'\           __________
  38. Department of English           / '|         ()_________)
  39. Univ. of Illinois               \ '/          \ ~~~~~~~~ \
  40. 608 S. Wright St.                 \             \ ~~~~~~   \
  41. Urbana IL 61801                   ==).            \__________\
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