aboot

I guess "aboot" is the closest imitation most people can muster.

we're number two

As in, anyone who thinks we actually say aboot is a cankerdick, you betcha.

‘THE TRASHIEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR’

Oot and aboot is fixable, but the short "o" never dies.

words

But when, Munroe put in a word aboot ma business in London I saw a shadow come over

Between You and Me

"But hoo was't 'at naebody ever said a word aboot it efterhin'?" asked Cosmo.

Warlock o' Glenwarlock

-- Letty, rin an 'luik efter him; and as sune 's he's roon' the neuk, tell Lizzie no to say a word aboot the leddy.

Robert Falconer

"Sit ye doon, sir, an 'lat's hae a word aboot it," said Malcolm cheerily.

Malcolm

An 'gien ye cud jist slide in a word aboot forgiein' his enemies, sir!

Malcolm

"But ye maun haud a quaiet tongue i 'yer heid, guidwife; for weel as ye like the laddie, ye may blast his character gin ye say a word aboot it."

Alec Forbes of Howglen

I thowt I wad gie ye a call aboot that young sonnie o 'mine.

Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems