Nowt is largely Yorkshire for "nothing" in some regions "nobbut" is used, meaning "nothing but" ie "he's nobbut a lad"
On Sat, May 22, 2021, 08:10 Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > ... busy looking up "nowt" :) > > Tom (USA) > > On 5/21/2021 2:17 PM, Rupert Reynolds wrote: > > Being English by birth, I remember working in Holland, and meeting > someone > > with the nickname "Suzie Did It On The Roof" (I didn't ask what she did > on > > that roof :-) ). The short "oo" as in "woof" caught me by surprise. Every > > day is a school day, etc. > > > > But the UK/US one that gets me every time is "router". Here in England, > > that's two words in one. A network router rhymes with fruit, boot, moot > and > > toot. With a woodworker's router, the "ou" is like gout, nowt, clout and > > spout. > > > > "Two nations divided by a common language?" I say no. But I borrow > American > > words and phrases. Everyone does--is it time to call it "American" and be > > obviously proud of it?" > > > > Roops > > > > > > On Fri., May 21, 2021, 21:16 Paul Gilmartin, < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 21 May 2021 14:38:26 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > >> > >>> Heh. When I was in high school we moved from Minnesota (where "root" > >> rhymes with "foot") to Pennsylvania (where "root" rhymes with "boot"). > The > >> kid who sat behind me in Biology class was named Scott Root. He > thought I > >> was making fun of his name every time I said "root". I learned to > adjust > >> to my new environment. > >>> > >> I'm reminded of a venerable signature file: > >> "Both Robert Root and Douglas Core (who keeps losing his Mail) have > >> accounts on my system, and I expect Susie Mailer-Daemon to sign up > >> any day now." > >> > >> -- gil > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
