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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