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Old 04-12-2009, 02:44 AM   #154
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Originally Posted by thibaulthalpern View Post
Bleh. All languages are flexible and have large vocabulary. There's nothing about English that is so superior to other languages.

If you have access to the Oxford English Dictionary, you will be able to find the word "nother".
Yes, yes I see it: A nother, also No nother. Yes, it's there alright but I hardly ever use the OED: it contains so many misspellings.

It does have some lovely words such as floccinaucinihilipilification but you hardly ever hear it spoken in the United States.
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