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[gothwalk]

Question for Americans and other Creatures of the Latter Days:

Does the phrase "Does it make aught differ?" make any sense to you?

Comments

[yendi]

It makes perfect sense, but is not a phrase I think I've ever encountered.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Cheers. Just spent a good ten minutes trying to explain what I meant to someone, and getting more and more tangled in the explanation...

[nisaba.livejournal.com]

I assume it means "does it make any difference?" but it's not a phrase I've come across before. I think while seeing it written it's quite easy for me to work out, hearing the word 'aught' would probably confuse me. It's one of those nebulous-sounding words with no hard sounds that could be a million things if you're not used to hearing it.

[iresprite.livejournal.com]

Well, I can tell that it means "Does it make any difference?"

Is there a hidden reference that I'm supposed to be getting?

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

As others have said, "Does it make any difference?" And as also already commented, it is probably easier to figure out in print. You wacky Irishmen!

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Sounds archaic, but understandable.

Well, not that archaic. My grandpa still uses "aught" and "nought," and he's, like, 10th-generation American or something.

[elorie.livejournal.com]

Makes sense. Haven't heard that exact phrase, but it sounds like something my father would have said...but then, we're Southern....

[elorie.livejournal.com]

You know, I feel a rant about regional dialects, the homogenization of America, and people's nasty classist snobbishness towards Southerners coming on...