Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:18:39 -0400

From: Robert Ness ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU

Subject: Re: whole nuther ballgame



Isn't it just metanalysis, as in naranj to an orange, naddre to an adder,

or the doublet apron/napkin, with the n being attracted to or detached

from the article? What is interesting is the "infixing" of "whole"

between a and nother. On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Jeutonne P. Brewer wrote:



What is the source/background/history of a phrase like

whole nuther xxx? Someone asked me about his phrase today.

I've heard it all my life. I hear it in the English Department

here. I think that I have read some discussion of this, but

evidently I didn't pay attention.



Jeutonne



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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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