Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010906114125.00af8ea8@osfn.org> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 11:45:00 -0400 To: megami@ml.usagi.org From: Anne B Subject: to a T/Brian W In-Reply-To: <20010906145610.6725.qmail@web11102.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010906123740.5018.qmail@web10807.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: megami@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk At 07:56 AM 9/6/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Brian W. > >[Wondering where the phrase "to a 't'" came from in >the English language.] When in doubt, ask a fangirl who works in a library. -------------------- "to a tea (or T)" Meaning: With attention to detail. Origin: A short way of saying "dressed for a tea" or "dressed to go to a tea". In the Victorian era, high tea was a formal affair. All proper people dressed in appropriate attire Anne, mild-mannered fact geek by day... --------------------------------------------------- ah918@osfn.org http://www.bulin.com/anne "Ever since she came, everyday has been so full of happiness that I've forgotten all my troubles." - Morisato Keiichi