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- preposition
Eye dialect spelling ofabout .
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Examples
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I guess "aboot" is the closest imitation most people can muster.
we're number two 2005
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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.
words 2005
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But when, Munroe put in a word aboot ma business in London I saw a shadow come over
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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An 'gien ye cud jist slide in a word aboot forgiein' his enemies, sir!
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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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."
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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"But hoo was't 'at naebody ever said a word aboot it efterhin'?" asked Cosmo.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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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.
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"Sit ye doon, sir, an 'lat's hae a word aboot it," said Malcolm cheerily.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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I thowt I wad gie ye a call aboot that young sonnie o 'mine.
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895
dangleberry commented on the word aboot
doric for about
July 11, 2007