Talk:nergens anders

RFD discussion: January 2019
SOP. Per utramque cavernam 23:51, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * is said to be a set phrase. I suppose the same may be argued for . A word-for-word translation yields nowhere differently or nowhere otherwise, neither of which properly convey the idea. Nergens anders is the negation of . Just is the vaguest possible location specification; to make it more precise it is (just like in English) followed by an adverbial phrase specifying a range of locations: somewhere nearby; somewhere in the swamps of Jersey; somewhere on a beach. What is exceptional here is that the adverbs  (and ) are not adverbs of place, yet can take that slot. There are also the positive forms  and, which have no negative counterparts and seem to be receding from colloquial use.  --Lambiam 09:13, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep; this postpositive attributivish use of anders is not productive, being only used for a small class of pronouns and locational adverbs; a sense "else" at is justifiable but only applicable to that very small class of fixed expressions, too meagre for a SOP rationale in my view. Contrast this with the other meanings of anders. ←₰-→  Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  11:31, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Kept: I defer to LBD's judgment above. Per utramque cavernam 18:44, 16 January 2019 (UTC)