Meme Thread... no politics

In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :

I wonder what their opinion on the cubic nature of time is.

In reply to NickD :

Because it's photoshopped 

In reply to ShawnG :

But not by much.

Appleseed said:

In reply to ShawnG :

But not by much.

ARGH!

It's not "a whole another".  "Whole" is that wonderfully American English linguistic known as an infix, where a modifier is placed inside a word rather than before or after like a prefix or suffix.   "Whole" is placed inside "another".

It's "another whole" or "a whole nother", not "a whole another".  "A whole another" is like a PIN number or an ATM machine.

Grrr

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

It's "another whole" or "a whole nother", not "a whole another".  "A whole another" is like a PIN number or an ATM machine.

Pete complaining about "ATM machine" was one of the first conversations I ever had with him 30 years ago. Old reliable, is our Pete. 

"Needs rebuilt".

WTF happened to "to be"?

In reply to ShawnG :

ShawnG said:

"Needs rebuilt".

WTF happened to "to be"?

 

Or at least replace the "t" with a "d"

In reply to ShawnG :

Possible Britishism. Though they might be more inclined to say, "needs rebuilding". 

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

It's "another whole" or "a whole nother"

"Nother" is just a misdivision of "an other" and is itself erroneous. 

ShawnG said:

"Needs rebuilt".

WTF happened to "to be"?

 

I came across that when I moved to CO. "Needs fixed", etc. it's not a Britishism as I never heard it in Canada. Besides, im not sure the Brits would do that to their own language. 
 

brandonsmash said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

It's "another whole" or "a whole nother"

"Nother" is just a misdivision of "an other" and is itself erroneous. 

 

 

It's usually "a whole nother [ball game/kettle of fish/...]" which an infix to "another".

At least, I have never encountered "nother" without a pre-preceding "a".

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

"whole other" is the turn of phrase. 

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:

"Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery!  Imitation is the sincerest form of A LAWSUIT!"

 - Rev. Ivan Stang

FWIW if you are on the social medias, the Merriam Webster account is pretty great.

TravisTheHuman said:

FWIW if you are on the social medias, the Merriam Webster account is pretty great.

And November is ninth, October is eighth, September is seventh, August and July are.... named after some Romans who screwed up the calendar so they could have whole months named after them.

Speaking of translating memes.

I learned a very similar lesson while working at an FBO while I was in college and put my hand on the pitot tube of a Learjet that had just shut down.