Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Other. Usually used in the phrase a whole nother, as in the sentence That's a whole nother story.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
neither .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Other; -- variant spelling used mostly in the phrase a whole nother (i. e., a completely different), as though formed by splitting the word “another”.
- conjunction obsolete Neither; nor.
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- pronoun Caribbean
Neither . - adjective Caribbean
Neither . - adverb obsolete
Nor . - pronoun obsolete
Another . - adjective
Different ,other . (Now usually ina whole nother )
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"'Cause I should expect you'd give me somethin 'nother and make a great man of me!"
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But he presently heard the door of the locked room open, a man's voice, slightly elevated by liquor and opposition, saying, "I know what's due from one gen'leman to 'nother" -- a querulous, objecting voice saying,
Under the Redwoods Bret Harte 1869
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"To the ranter who whines about people saying" nother "- learn the difference between
Courant.com Blogs 2009
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However, even though you would probably not like to acknowledge it, we have a whole "nother" half of our state to the east.
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Then there's the issue of bands who were one-hit wonders in the U.S. (or two-hit wonders) but are known on a whole nother level ( "nother" should be a world) in the UK.
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Thursday, April 12, 2001 x 2 - Key word here is 'nother'
kelsi Diary Entry kelsi 2000
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He was great source of worriment to my Mammy, ole lady Lucy Price and 'nother 'oman, ole lady Lucy Charles.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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He shall pay that cent one way or 'nother 'fore he gets through.
The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Don't eat with yer fingers -- don't grab no vittles off one 'nother's plates; don't reach out for nothin', but wait till yer asked, 'n' if you never _git_ asked don't git up and grab it.
The Birds' Christmas Carol Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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Don't eat with yer fingers -- don't grab no vittles off one 'nother's plates; don't reach out for nothin', but wait till yer asked, 'n if yer never git asked don't git up and grab it -- don't spill nothin' on the table cloth, or like's not Mis 'Bird' ll send yer away from the table.
slumry commented on the word nother
It may be metanalysis but it still gives me the heebie jeebies
June 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nother
"That's a whole nother story."
A corruption of the word another, where a is an article and nother has been divorced from it to become an adjective. Separate the two with a modifier and the deconstruction is complete.
June 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nother
Much like kids who say they are "being hayve." :-)
June 14, 2007
slumry commented on the word nother
Funny usage out of the mouth of a babe (years ago--he will be married in a week) He nearly fell from a slide. After she caught him his mother said "Oh, Worth, you lost your balance." He pondered that for a day, then sidled up to his uncle and announced glumly "I have no balance. I lost my balance."
June 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nother
True, of course, though one could argue that another is pronounced more like a nother than an other, due to the emphasis on the second syllable instead of the first. Doesn't make it right, but I can see where the mistake comes from.
June 14, 2007
slumry commented on the word nother
Yes it sounds like "a nother," but when one hears oneself referring to this thing called a "nother," what does the person believe a "nother" to be?
June 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nother
According to dictionary.com, it's a parallel symbolic mathematics system. But I doubt they know that. ;-)
June 14, 2007
slumry commented on the word nother
Oh, that's good! Perhaps I should reconsider all of my cranky judgements.
June 14, 2007