http://firsttube.com/ crunchy nuggets served semi-daily en-us Small Axe, 0.6 noreply@firsttube.com http://firsttube.com/images/firsttubemini.gif http://firsttube.com/ 720 http://firsttube.com/read/A-whole-nother/#1204950468 http://firsttube.com/read/A-whole-nother/#1204950468 Funny coincidence. What I realized is that "a whole nother" is actually just like when we put an interjection into any other word, like "un effin beliveable." You take the word "another", and you cram the word "whole" inside it. I consider it a perfectly legitimate linguistic innovation. You're not creating the word "nother," you're just breaking the word "another" apart, and putting it together funny. Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:27:48 GMT David Adams http://firsttube.com/read/A-whole-nother/#1207065049 http://firsttube.com/read/A-whole-nother/#1207065049 On a related note, there is certain academic evidence to suggest that oranges used to be noranges [spanish: naranja or something] then people started saying 'a norange', which settled into 'an orange'. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:50:49 GMT Stephen Stagg