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Here is a recent false splitting, although it can only be used in limited, oral contexts: "another" split as "a nother," as in "That's a whole nother thing." It's certainly not just reduction of "another" because you would never say "That's a whole another thing."
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Hi sw
I wonder whether "a whole nother" is actually "a whole other" spoken deliberately incorrectly for emphasis. Either way it will probably get into some dictionary soon (sloppy is the new correct.)
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And yesteryear's nadder and eute. Damn our forebears for their illiterate ways!
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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There's always the bumper sticker, "Somewhere in Texas, a village has lost a nidiot."
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Either way it will probably get into some dictionary soon (sloppy is the new correct.) soon? as in MWCD10 or AHD4? - joe (as soon as) friday
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I'm really bummed about the orange thing. I had impressed lots of people with that one.
formerly known as etaoin...
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OK then, reeeeely soon.
but has it made it into the scrabble dictionary yet?!?
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but has it made it into the scrabble dictionary yet?!?Yes, it has. I searched on the Hasbro official Scrabble dictionary site. It came up with nother different. Sorry, it doesn't allow links, but you can try it out yourself.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I have heard "an entire nother" in the wild.
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