/owt/ and /nowt/
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 8, 2000, 16:00 |
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>
> >"Anything" and "nothing" were usually /owt/ and /nowt/
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>...which is the northern pronunciation of archaic southern /O:t/ and
>/nO:t/, though the latter still survives with meaning 'zero'.
>
>Ray.
Obsolete? Gimli the Dwarf uses both on a regular basis! 8^)>
/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)>
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