In Japanese, the word san (さん) means “three” and kyuu (きゅう) means “nine.” Said together, the words sound like English “thank you,” so back in the 1990s, when pagers were all the rage among Japanese teens, typing 999 was a quick way to punningly...
Why do we say that someone finely attired is “dressed to the nines”? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Dressed to the Nines” Hi, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Matt Voss. I’m calling from...