Definitions
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- preposition
Eye dialect spelling ofabout .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I guess "aboot" is the closest imitation most people can muster.
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As in, anyone who thinks we actually say aboot is a cankerdick, you betcha.
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Oot and aboot is fixable, but the short "o" never dies.
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But when, Munroe put in a word aboot ma business in London I saw a shadow come over
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An 'gien ye cud jist slide in a word aboot forgiein' his enemies, sir!
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"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."
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"But hoo was't 'at naebody ever said a word aboot it efterhin'?" asked Cosmo.
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-- 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.
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"Sit ye doon, sir, an 'lat's hae a word aboot it," said Malcolm cheerily.
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I thowt I wad gie ye a call aboot that young sonnie o 'mine.
dangleberry commented on the word aboot
doric for about
July 11, 2007