Timeline for "A whole nother" way of looking at things
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| Jul 7, 2011 at 13:07 | comment | added | Jimi Oke | There are many speakers in various regions of the USA who officially pronounce another like a nother. To them, it's not a deliberate play on words. And really, a whole nother should be a whole other in "proper" speech. Anyway, @Joe, I can't believe you go so far as to call idiots those who mix up brought and *bought :( No one is 100% error-free all the time. You never know how close this might get to home. | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 12:08 | comment | added | Fattie | @drm purely FWIW -- for me, yes, it sounds like a conscious, deliberate play on word sounds. NOT accidental or mistaken, such as when idiots say brought instead of bought. So (my guess) it's deliberate play. Further, for me it has a slightly Southern-USA feel (hard to put finger on why). | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 12:07 | comment | added | Daniel | Could this have been done purposefully, or is it unconscious? | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 12:06 | history | answered | pavium | CC BY-SA 3.0 |