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Morris when he gets pied


Morris licks some of the cream off his face when he has been pied and says 'Magnolia, traitors' what does that mean?

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He always bought his pies at the Magnolia Bakery. Maybe he's refering to the fact that he got a pie on his face from his "own" bakery or even the fact that some employee of the bakery told one of his Ex-girlfriends...



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I think there could be a whole 'nother movie that looks into why Morris *can* get the first date, but always screws it up...

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Re: Morris when he gets pied
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by Rheli
ยป Fri Oct 24 2014 22:30:26
IMDb member since May 2001
I think there could be a whole 'nother movie that looks into why Morris *can* get the first date, but always screws it up...


Why didn't you just say "another" since putting the apostrophe in is the same effort?

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The expression "whole another" would be grammatically incorrect.

However, the expression "whole 'nother" is a colloquial one, though apparently not wherever you're from.

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Yes, but you could say "whole other" and that would be grammatically correct.

"Whole 'nother" is not a corruption of "Whole another", it's a mis-statement derived from "Whole other".

Unfortunately, "Whole 'nother" caught on, but I wish we could all get back to using the correct original phrase.

Try it - "There could be a whole OTHER movie."

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Yes, but you could say "whole other" and that would be grammatically correct.

"Whole 'nother" is not a corruption of "Whole another", it's a mis-statement derived from "Whole other".

Unfortunately, "Whole 'nother" caught on, but I wish we could all get back to using the correct original phrase.

Try it - "That's a whole OTHER thing."

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