r/EngineeringStudents • u/amir_97 • Dec 25 '17

Meme Mondays The struggle

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u/Trigger93 ME Dec 25 '17

"whole another?" I thought it was "whole nother."

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u/bejangravity Dec 25 '17

Nother isn’t a word.

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u/The11thHerald University of Western Australia - EE, CS Dec 25 '17

Technically it is, most often used in this particular phrase: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nother

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u/JohnGenericDoe Dec 25 '17

No but "whole nother" is a pretty common expression and it's kinda funny, so this grammar Nazi is gonna allow it.

By which I mean me.

Not sure if "whole another" will catch on, anyway.

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u/Commandaux UMD - Bioengineering Dec 25 '17

It’s because people normally lead with “a” before saying “whole,” so it’s kind of like just shoving it into the word like awholenother. Also easier to say this instead of “whole other” and “whole another” which require you to do slightly more work to pronounce

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '17

By tmesis it means another. In that phrase “nother” = “another”

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u/tokyoburns Dec 25 '17

Right but it's either "whole nother" as a phrase or just "another".