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Jun 10, 2011 22:59:04 GMT -5
Post by moosethemoose on Jun 10, 2011 22:59:04 GMT -5
 I saw this on FYEMA the other day, and it irritated me for some reason. And I realised that the reason is, 'whole' is being used as an infix here, and IMO it's totally legit. 'A-whole-nother' is really the correct version, but I can't imagine anyone saying it without the 'a' at the start. |
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Jun 11, 2011 20:39:37 GMT -5
Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 11, 2011 20:39:37 GMT -5
But even then it's incorrect, because "nother" isn't a word. "A whole other" would be perfectly sufficient; the "n" is a corruption.
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Jun 12, 2011 5:38:32 GMT -5
Post by pjthefey on Jun 12, 2011 5:38:32 GMT -5
yeah... it should be reversed..
'nother whole...
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Jun 12, 2011 16:47:03 GMT -5
Post by andy on Jun 12, 2011 16:47:03 GMT -5
Or it could be somebody saying 'blahblahblah I gulped it down whole, another person did blahblahblah' with an accent and another person trying to be witty and ridicule somebody for having an accent.
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Jun 12, 2011 18:52:12 GMT -5
Post by rayyychul on Jun 12, 2011 18:52:12 GMT -5
But even then it's incorrect, because "nother" isn't a word. "A whole other" would be perfectly sufficient; the "n" is a corruption. Who cares? We're talking about infixes here, which (in English) are not generally the shining stars of grammatical correctness. I don't see the issue in using them in non-academic situations as they are colloquialisms. |
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Jun 14, 2011 1:07:01 GMT -5
Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 1:07:01 GMT -5
But even then it's incorrect, because "nother" isn't a word. "A whole other" would be perfectly sufficient; the "n" is a corruption. Who cares? We're talking about infixes here, which (in English) are not generally the shining stars of grammatical correctness. I don't see the issue in using them in non-academic situations as they are colloquialisms. I DO NOT SPEAK COLLOQUIAL! (Except sometimes, and then usually in mockery.) |
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