Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 04:28:08 EDT

From: "David A. Johns" daj000[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FOX.WAY.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: a whole nother



At 04:24 PM 10/11/96 -0700, you wrote:

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?



Recently I saw a commercial enticing the gentle couch potato to visit Texas.

It ends with "Texas -- a whole other country."



Now *that* sounds preposterous.



David Johns

Waycross College

Waycross, GA