Writing with Andrew | Usage | Tmesis: A-whole-nother Story @WritingwithAndrew | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 5 minutes ago.
Somewhere along the lines, someone decided that "a-whole-nother" was something you shouldn't say and then started saying "a whole other" instead. But the problem is that there was nothing wrong with "a-whole-nother" in the first place. In this video we'll talk about the usage issue surrounding this phrase, and we'll discuss the linguistic process of tmesis as a bonus.
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Usage, Prestige, and "A-whole-nother"
1:58 "A whole other" vs. Tmesis
3:19 A More Elegant Solution
Somewhere along the lines, someone decided that "a-whole-nother" was something you shouldn't say and then started saying "a whole other" instead. But the problem is that there was nothing wrong with "a-whole-nother" in the first place. In this video we'll talk about the usage issue surrounding this phrase, and we'll discuss the linguistic process of tmesis as a bonus.
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Usage, Prestige, and "A-whole-nother"
1:58 "A whole other" vs. Tmesis
3:19 A More Elegant Solution
