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Know thee aught of naught?

Huh?

Posted - January 10, 2018

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  • 14795
    Yes....I'm actually a natural blonde.....:)D
      January 10, 2018 11:11 AM MST
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  • 44603
    HAH! How do you know? This post was edited by Element 99 at January 10, 2018 5:34 PM MST
      January 10, 2018 11:12 AM MST
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  • 14795
    Impossible to tell now I'm affraid :(*
      January 10, 2018 12:19 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Find an old photo.
      January 10, 2018 2:23 PM MST
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  • 14795
    I carn't ....they've all been locked away..... :(   
      January 10, 2018 2:38 PM MST
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  • 1498
    Thou knowest naught but aught, for what is no thing knows what is all things.
      January 10, 2018 11:13 AM MST
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  • 44603
    Easy for you to say.
      January 10, 2018 11:22 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Sometimes your questions require research to prevent a responder such as myself from being fooled.

    The use of "aught" to mean "nothing," "zero," or "cipher" is a nineteenth-century corruption of the word "naught," which actually does mean nothing, and which, as in the phrase "all for naught," is still in current usage

    OK---and you used "thee," so I was going for "nothing about nothing."

    But, after a little more searching, I found this:  Aught is the opposite of naught: both are relatively archaic in BE. Aught means something, naught means nothing. Don't use them, non-natives - they're out of date.

    Which implies: "something about nothing."

    So, what is my answer?----Maybe later---my neurons need to recharge
      January 10, 2018 12:01 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Methinks you answered it.
      January 10, 2018 2:25 PM MST
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  • 22891
    i have no idea what youre talking about
      January 10, 2018 1:58 PM MST
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  • 44603
    That's OK...neither do I.
      January 10, 2018 2:25 PM MST
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  • 13071
    LOL!! :D
      January 10, 2018 5:32 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I aught to know aught but I naught.   I've always been naughty.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at January 11, 2018 10:10 AM MST
      January 10, 2018 5:18 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Not that Thee aught not know of.
      January 10, 2018 5:32 PM MST
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