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# First attempt at what? Owt?
(Fragger, Tue 10 Feb 2004, 12:02, archived)
# i think it's slang for anything
those crazy kids today, poo-pooing the queens english.
(I helped save b3ta! Muns, Tue 10 Feb 2004, 12:03, archived)
# owt
is a north of england phrase for nothing
(I helped save b3ta! Plomien is Polish for flame, Tue 10 Feb 2004, 12:09, archived)
# nope
that would be nowt (nought)

and both have a better historical pedigree than the nambypamby southern "anything" and "nothing"
/anglosaxonpedant
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Feb 2004, 12:15, archived)