It's Scottish or maybe northern English - "nowt" is more common south of the border but "bairn" is more common in scotland. The fun thing is that we also use "w

It's Scottish or maybe northern English - "nowt" is more common south of the border but "bairn" is more common in scotland. The fun thing is that we also use "wean" (wee one) as another common word for "child" but with a completely different etymology.