Sarah,

My experience in Muncie suggests that "whole nother" spreads well north
of the Old National Road.  I'm from Michigan, by the way, and I've used
it as long as I can remember, not that a sample of one counts for much.

Herb

 

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Ditto from central Indiana, the state that linguistically divides right
down its center line. "... A whole 'nother thing" comes from south of
U.S. 40. 

--Sarah White

 

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