different between abowt vs aboot

English

Adverb

abowt (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of about

Preposition

abowt

1. (obsolete, outside of dialects) Alternative spelling of about

English

Preposition

aboot

1. Pronunciation spelling of about.
   • c. 1686, Ed. Halley, “An Hi?torical Account of the Trade Winds and Mon?oons, ob?ervable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to a??ign the Phy?ical Cau?e of the ?aid Winds”, re-printed in Mi?cellanea Curio?a: Containing a Collection of ?ome of the Principal Phænomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greate?t Philo?ophers of this Age; Being the Mo?t Valuable Di?courses, Read and Delivered to the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Phy?ical and Mathematical Knowledge, As al?o a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages, Antiquities, and Natural Hi?tories of Countries; Pre?ented to the ?ame Society, second edition, volume I,^[1] R. Smith (1708), page 65,

     The one is, why, notwith?tanding the narrowe?t part of the Sea between Guinea and Brazile be aboot five hundred Leagues over, yet Ships bound to the Southward, ?ometimes, e?pecially in the Months of July and August, find a great difficulty to pa?s it.

   • 1926 August, Zane Grey, “From Missouri”, re-printed in The Lawless West,^[2] Dorchester Publishing (2007), ?ISBN, page 12,

     “Heah he reads in a Kansas City paper aboot a schoolteacher wantin’ a job out in dry Arizonie. And he ups an’ writes her an’ gets her a-rarin’ to come. Then, when she writes an’ tells us she’s not over forty, then us quits like yellow coyotes. […]”

Usage notes

• This spelling has been used to represent a variety of regional pronunciations, including certain Scottish pronunciations (standard in Scots and frequent in Scottish English), and certain Canadian pronunciations resulting from Canadian raising.

Anagrams

• taboo

Scots

Etymology

From Old English onb?tan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??but/

Adverb

aboot (not comparable)

1. outside
2. around, about
3. on the move, up and around (especially as recovered from an illness)
4. about, approximately
5. (after in) inside, nearby
6. (after oot) outside
7. (after up) somewhere in or near

Preposition

aboot

1. about