Nowt or nout?

[Dan.m]

It is pronounced NAFFING

 

[Psypher5]

Nout.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Why compare slang as if one spelling is more legitimate than the other, when both are incorrect to begin with?

Not the most authoratitive of sources perhaps but Wikitionary has it as an entry (and the correct spelling ) and Dictionary.com gets in on the act too, as does Mirriam Webster - all recognise it as part of British dialect.

 

[Marine Iguana]

I'll go with the majority - Nowt

 

[Malakite]

Nowt, without a doubt!

 

[Tr Insanity]

Considering almost everyone is saying "Nout" is wrong and "Nowt" is right , shouldn't "about" be spelt "abowt" then ?

 

[MonkeyNews]

Not the most authoratitive of sources perhaps but Wikitionary has it as an entry (and the correct spelling ) and Dictionary.com gets in on the act too, as does Mirriam Webster - all recognise it as part of British dialect.

Thats right, nowt is in the Oxford English meaning nothing whereas there isn't an entry for nout, so on that basis nowt is the correct spelling.

Also for the record (not directed at semi-pro) nowt is not slang it is a colloquialism

 

[SexyGreyFox]

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/n.htm

It is nowt here in the Potteries

 

[Gilly]

Nothin' would be London.

As in other thread:

Nah, London would be nuffink or naffink innit bruv.

 

[Soupy]

I thought it was now't ?

Not that I really care

 

[Sawell]

Trowt

 

[DampCat]

Nahfink innit.

 

[agnes]

Nout here

 

[moid]

As a Yorkshireman is definitely "Nowt"

 

[D.P.]

Nowt

 

[D.P.]

Considering almost everyone is saying "Nout" is wrong and "Nowt" is right , shouldn't "about" be spelt "abowt" then ?

No, we shouzld pronounce it the Canadian way "Aboot"

 

[Guerrilla]

Nowt

 

[Knubje]

It is nowt.

 

[krooton]

Nowt, but then I grew up in SA, so my opinion doesn't count.

 

[Cosimo]

Why should I care, I'm a southerner.