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JTT
 
Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:21 pm
Recently I've come across the word 'noone' and though it's new to me as a written word, I know that it has been part of my language for a good many years.

How widespread is it? When you use it, is it for a special purpose? Is it common to certain dialects/areas?

Whatever information anyone has about its use, I'd appreciate hearing.
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Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:25 pm
I use it. It certainly is pronounced that way when you are talking.

Us Texans like to slur our words together like that. Jeff Foxworthy made a fortune out of jokes about it. Something like,

"Didja Eachet?"

"No, Didjou?"

"No, Younta?"

"aighty"

Sounds like it's spelled

Cheers
Cycloptichorn
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TTH
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:35 pm
I have never seen that word before. I looked around the net and the best I could come up with is this:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noone

btw I met the guy mentioned in #3 and he is very nice Very Happy
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kickycan
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:40 pm
Cycloptichorn wrote:
I use it. It certainly is pronounced that way when you are talking.

Us Texans like to slur our words together like that. Jeff Foxworthy made a fortune out of jokes about it. Something like,

"Didja Eachet?"

"No, Didjou?"

"No, Younta?"

"aighty"

Sounds like it's spelled

Cheers
Cycloptichorn


Ha, that's good. I heard a version of that bit a long time ago, before Foxworthy was even around, but it was italian guys' conversations being lampooned and a much more truncated conversation.

"Jeet?"

"Joo?"

"Sco!"
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:42 pm
http://www.bradcoweb.com/rockgroups/Animation2/HERNEWLP.jpg
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kickycan
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:42 pm
By the way, it's pronounced "no one."
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 03:45 pm
Re: How is this pronounced?
JTT wrote:
Recently I've come across the word 'noone' and though it's new to me as a written word, ...


Well, I noticed this in a paper today: "Jealousy gets noone any where."

It might be a hidden message, somewhere ..... oops, some where.
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TTH
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:01 pm
Well in his case it is pronounced "noon"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKMLc4UfAgA
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CalamityJane
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:06 pm
I always separate it to "no one". I just don't like the way it looks with
"noone"
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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:15 pm
CalamityJane wrote:
I always separate it to "no one". I just don't like the way it looks with
"noone"


I'm mostly interested in the way it's used in speech, CJ, not how it's used in writing.

How, why and when is it used?






How was Hawaii?
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kickycan
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:17 pm
JTT wrote:
CalamityJane wrote:
I always separate it to "no one". I just don't like the way it looks with
"noone"


I'm mostly interested in the way it's used in speech, CJ, not how it's used in writing.

How, why and when is it used?


It's used in speech to mean "nobody." Technically, it's spelled wrong, so there is no usage of it in speech.

I don't understand where all the confusion is coming from here.
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CalamityJane
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:19 pm
Oh! You don't want me to pronounce that, trust me!

Hawaii? We went there about a year ago,
but it was very pleasant, thank you!
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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:25 pm
kickycan wrote:
JTT wrote:
CalamityJane wrote:
I always separate it to "no one". I just don't like the way it looks with
"noone"


I'm mostly interested in the way it's used in speech, CJ, not how it's used in writing.

How, why and when is it used?


It's used in speech to mean "nobody." Technically, it's spelled wrong, so there is no usage of it in speech.

I don't understand where all the confusion is coming from here.


I understand that, Kicky. And I know that the standard spelling is 'no one'. But I know that it's sometimes used in speech pronounced as 'noon'. I just want to find out how widespread that usage is and when it's used, meaning what language situations.

Sorry, CJ, I guess that I was reading an old thread and somebody in it said CJ probably won't answer as she's off to Hawaii. I just made the silly assumption that I was reading in real time.
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kickycan
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 04:45 pm
What? That can't be right, can it? I have never heard of it being pronounced "noon."

I hope someone stops by that knows what the deal is here, because that just doesn't sound right.
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Wy
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 05:23 pm
"noone", meaning no one, is a mistake. There is no such word (except as a proper name). It should ALWAYS be written as two words. And I'm with Kicky (how odd!) -- I never heard it pronounced "noon". Slurred, more like "nowun" maybe.

What kind of a sentence have you heard where it was pronounced "noon"?
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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 14 Nov, 2007 06:27 pm
kickycan wrote:
What? That can't be right, can it? I have never heard of it being pronounced "noon."

I hope someone stops by that knows what the deal is here, because that just doesn't sound right.



Wy wrote:
And I'm with Kicky (how odd!) -- I never heard it pronounced "noon". Slurred, more like "nowun" maybe.

What kind of a sentence have you heard where it was pronounced "noon"?


Kicky, Wy,

Maybe I made an assumption too large here,

Cycloptichorn wrote:
I use it. It certainly is pronounced that way when you are talking.

Cycloptichorn


when Cy said he uses it. Maybe he meant only in writing, for effect. But let's forget about the writing aspect. I'm sure that we're all agreed that 'noone' is not the standard way to spell 'no one'.

Though this is hardly a scientific study, I'd rather hear from others on this before I relate any experience I've had with it.
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TTH
 
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Reply Thu 15 Nov, 2007 05:27 pm
kickycan wrote:
What? That can't be right, can it? I have never heard of it being pronounced "noon."

I hope someone stops by that knows what the deal is here, because that just doesn't sound right.
TTH wrote:
Well in his case it is pronounced "noon"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKMLc4UfAgA
Well, click on the link and hear it.
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kickycan
 
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Reply Thu 15 Nov, 2007 05:29 pm
That's a person's name, and as such, doesn't count.
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TTH
 
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Reply Thu 15 Nov, 2007 05:35 pm
A name might count according to what was written in #3
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noone
I never saw the word used in a sentence until this thread started.
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kickycan
 
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Reply Thu 15 Nov, 2007 05:48 pm
No, it wouldn't count. It's a proper name. Even in #3, it's a proper name. There is no correct usage of a proper name except as a proper name.
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