| From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 4, 2000, 3:36 |
John Cowan wrote:> > Robert Hailman wrote: > > > > "Thomas R. Wier" wrote: > > > > > > > > like "oot and aboot" alot. ;-) > > > > > > I can't say I know what you are talking aboot. > > Missed this before. It's Scottish people who say "oot and aboot" [u:t n= @bu:t]. > Canadians notoriously say "oat and aboat", as in "oat and aboat in a boat". > The /ow/ is very short. >I've never actually heard someone use either, but the stereotype is that we say "oof and aboot". -- Robert