Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:24:14 -0700

From: Lex Olorenshaw lexo[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LSI.SEL.SONY.COM

Subject: a whole nother



This "slown down" discussion reminds me of something I caught myself

saying, which surprised the bejeebers [sp?] out of me:



"That's a whole nother problem."



In writing it looks totally proposterous, but it sounds quite

natural to me. Since noticing it in my own speech, I now hear it

quite frequently (in the San Francisco Bay Area).



Is this common elsewhere? Does anyone know of similar constructions?



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Lex Olorenshaw

E-mail: lexo[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]lsi.sel.sony.com

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