a whole nother

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:48 PM -0400 10/6/06, Charles Doyle wrote:
>The lexification of the phrase "a whole nother" (557,000 Google
>hits) is suggested by the comparative scarcity of other "infixed"
>words:  "a totally nother" (192 hits), "a fucking nother" (174), "a
>completely nother" (85), "a way nother" (21), "a wholly nother" (4),
>"a quite nother" (0).
>
>--Charlie

I've occasionally heard "a real nother" (75)

LH

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