- tell tother from which
- tell tother from whichTell one from another• • •Main Entry: ↑tother
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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tother — originally a Middle English form (the tother) derived from wrong division of that other, is still used in humorous contexts and to produce a lightened effect in BrE: • One solution would be for tother participants in the cross channel rail… … Modern English usage
tother — adj. & pron. (also t other) dial. or joc. the other. Phrases and idioms: tell tother from which joc. tell one from the other. Etymology: ME the tother, for earlier thet other that other ; now understood as = the other … Useful english dictionary
t'other — [ tʌδə] (also tother) adjective & pronoun dialect or humorous the other. Phrases tell t other from which Brit. humorous tell one from the other. Origin ME the tother, wrong division of thet other the other … English new terms dictionary
Yes and no — For other uses, see Yes and no (disambiguation). Yes and no are two words for expressing affirmatives and negatives respectively in English (e.g. Are you hungry? Yes, I am. ). Early Middle English had a four form system, but Modern English has… … Wikipedia
Rebracketing — For the process by which the elements of a word are given new meanings, see Folk etymology. Contents 1 Role in forming new words 2 Examples 3 … Wikipedia
Juncture loss — (also known as junctural metanalysis, false splitting, misdivision, refactorization, or rebracketing) is the linguistic process by which two words (often an article and a noun) become partially or wholly affixed. Some examples would be if a… … Wikipedia
