Questions of human nature

[infinite monkey]

Oh, and why do we say 'nother'?

As in "that's a whole nother ballgame"? Nother isn't a word. People use it as a liller (not a word either) version of another, I guess...BUT:

You wouldn't say "a whole another ballgame"

It's a whole OTHER ballgame.

So there.

Thanks for playing along at home. Now I must go stab someone in the aorta. BRB.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Oh, and why do we say 'nother'?

As in "that's a whole nother ballgame"? Nother isn't a word. People use it as a liller (not a word either) version of another, I guess...BUT:

You wouldn't say "a whole another ballgame"

It's a whole OTHER ballgame.

So there.

Thanks for playing along at home. Now I must go stab someone in the aorta. BRB.

That's a completely different ballgame.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Oh, and why do we say 'nother'?

As in "that's a whole nother ballgame"? Nother isn't a word. People use it as a liller (not a word either) version of another, I guess...BUT:

You wouldn't say "a whole another ballgame"

It's a whole OTHER ballgame.

So there.

Thanks for playing along at home. Now I must go stab someone in the aorta. BRB.

You have to think about where that 'whole' is.

It isn't 'A whole [a]nother ball game'.

It's: 'A-whole-nother ball game'. The word 'whole' is inserted into the word 'another' in between the 'a' and 'nother'

Bit like saying abso-fucking-lutely.