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But I guess, as my grandmother used to say "there's nowt so queer as folk".... she was from the north of England, hence the word nowt which literally translated means "nothing".

Disability Blog Carnival #2! Kay Olson 2006

Much as I think HMQ would have something sensible to say she is best off saying 'nowt'

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

"There's nowt worse than this sort of uncertainty hanging over people's jobs," he said, using the Northern English word "nowt" for nothing.

Brown's Critics 2008

"That roarin 'nowt's juist makin' a pure soss o't," he says, when we finished.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

On rotation of crops, and specially on "nowt" beasts, his opinion was

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

It's 1974, and in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, there's not a lot (or "nowt," as they say in these parts) for a young delivery boy like Joe McCain (Compston) to do, apart from going to the pub with his mates.

Variety.com 2010

The form 'nowt' is still in common use in the North of England and the South of Scotland.

The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar William Shakespeare 1590

"I've done it often," she added, "an 'nowt's nivver feared me.

That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story 1877

I can't prove who they were but there were people whispering around me when Shannon was missing and when I asked them what it was about I was told 'nowt'. "

British Blogs 2009

Once your points have run out you get NOTHING from the state, zero, nowt jackshit and you lose your right to vote.

Locally Elected Police Chiefs, Yeah? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010