Mucho Ado About "Nothing"

Authors

Thomas L. Bernard

Abstract

It is axiomatic that if you have nothing you have "no thing." Delving into this realm of nothingness has revealed numerous creative ways by which speakers of English express this idea of nonentity. As with this previous word, most "nothings" seem to begin with an N: none, nil, null, nary, naught, nix, and the north of England's nowt. Of late, one even finds numerous instances of the Spanish "nada" creeping in.

Recommended Citation

Bernard, Thomas L. (1998) "Mucho Ado About "Nothing"," Word Ways: Vol. 31 : Iss. 4 , Article 19.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol31/iss4/19