[stylist] question about how to phrase -- nother is not a proper word!

Robert Leslie Newman newmanrl at cox.net
Tue Oct 22 00:00:17 UTC 2013


Google in part says:

nonstandard spelling of another, used to represent informal speech.

"'nother thing just occurred to me"

**So hey, what would the use of nother look like in your story? Are you
using a lot of slang? 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 6:17 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] question about how to phrase some words

Hi all,
I have a question about a story I am writing, which is due tomorrow.  I
would like to use the following sentence: "Arabic is a whole other language
for me to learn, but I think I can do it." 
I'd like to know whether it's "whole other" or "whole nother?" 
When I talk I often use whole nother but it just doesn't sound right.  Can
anyone help me out?
Thanks,
Vejas

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