Is 'noone' a real word?

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kitano

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Is 'noone' a real word?
« on: November 10, 2013, 02:31:33 AM »
Whenever I put it in something I'm writing, my spellchecker says it isn't. Who is wrong?

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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2013, 02:48:44 AM »
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2013, 03:24:43 AM »
Is 'noone' a real word?

It is if it's used as a name like

Khan Noone Singh
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kitano

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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2013, 04:08:08 AM »
That wiki just made me more confused. Should I write it 'no one' and that's problem solved?

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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2013, 04:17:28 AM »
That wiki just made me more confused. Should I write it 'no one' and that's problem solved?

Noone can answer that but you.

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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 09:37:47 AM »
Noone isn't a word.
With a space inserted appropriately, its two words, and you will see it with a hyphen. It may end up as a single word, as with classroom.
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 07:18:11 PM »
its usually no-one to mean nobody. literally none people there.
im not a phd nerd tho, just a native Brit who loves hyphens!

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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 08:30:23 PM »
im not a phd nerd tho,
Nerd
A person who gains pleasure from amassing large quantities of knowledge about subjects often too detailed or complicated for most other people to be bothered with.

You got that one right! Damn grammar.
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 09:13:57 PM »
Like any dynamic language, English words come and go, some change meaning

Good words gone bad:
mistress
fag
cock

Words gone by: as in seldom used
britches
floppy disc
agone
verily


Recent words (around 20 years or less)
asap
ain't
fax

It won't be long before "noone" becomes standardized as it becomes used often, with or without a hyp-hen

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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2013, 10:19:25 PM »
This could turn into a really great thread.I keep coming across new words/phrases all the time,many on TV.
For example l learnt what a teenth is from Breaking Bad,I learnt "chav"  and "asbo" from FB and "a headsup" from my next door neighbour who hails from Texas.So as you point out,dynamic and fluid is excellent.And regarding another post here on the Saloon I learnt what parkour is from a student of mine some years back.
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2013, 10:24:27 PM »
Thanks for the headsup piglet
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2013, 10:25:41 PM »
I'll cry if "irregardless" ever officially becomes a word.

Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2013, 10:56:17 PM »
I'll cry if "irregardless" ever officially becomes a word.

It ain't happening

That would not be phat
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2013, 01:21:02 PM »
Q: Is 'noone' a real word?

A: Onlyifyouwritelikethis.
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Re: Is 'noone' a real word?
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2013, 06:05:57 PM »
I'll cry if "irregardless" ever officially becomes a word.

In a similar vein I get my hackles tangled when I hear, "I could care less."
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