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OK, is the "nowt" in the headline a word for an apostrophe?
by tocs3 2y ago
OK, is the "nowt" in the headline a word for an apostrophe?
- moberley 2y agoI think in this case it means not having an apostrophe. That is, nothing as opposed to something. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nowt https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nowt
- jimlikeslimes 2y agoNowt is used in the north of England to mean nothing.
- spondylosaurus 2y agoGoogle is telling me that it's a specifically a pronoun, which is interesting. Opposite of "it/that" = "nowt"?
- Urahandystar 2y agoThats very wrong. Owt=Anything Nowt= Nothing. "Do you want owt from the shop?". "Nowt mate ta". Is usually how you would hear it.
- spondylosaurus 2y agoOoooh, that makes sense. I didn't know about "owt" either!
- Lio 2y agoNowt is a Northern English idiom for nothing. “Nowt taken out” was an old advertising slogan for Allinson’s Bread[1][2]. 1. https://www.allinsonsbread.co.uk https://www.allinsonsbread.co.uk 2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=raJRe7J5m6g https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=raJRe7J5m6g