# Which is correct, "No One" or Noone"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 18, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085 "2004-06-18T18:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/1 "2004-06-18T18:16:08Z")
I’ve always assumed it was “No one”, but I’ve notced in several posts, there’s “noone”, which I always misread as “noon”. And I’ve seen it used in other places. According to [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) there’s no such word as noone. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/2 "2004-06-18T18:17:11Z")
It’s “no one.” Two words. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/3 "2004-06-18T18:31:13Z")
**Noone** is correct. …as long as you’re referring to the [leader of Herman’s Hermits](http://www.kittensinunderpants.com/features_articles/star_interviews/hermans_hermits_peter_noone.html). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/4 "2004-06-18T18:39:47Z")
“No one,” unless you’re trying to talk about having a “nooner”, which is completely different… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/5 "2004-06-18T18:53:58Z")
That was my first thought. How many foreigners wonder what a “no-oner” is, and when they find out, wonder why it is called that? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/6 "2004-06-18T19:13:03Z")
MS Word doesn’t recognize “noone” as a word. I also read it as “noon”, so for these reasons I always write it as “no one.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/7 "2004-06-18T19:19:51Z")
“No one” is correct in US English. In the UK, you’ll sometimes see “no-one.” “Noone” is not correct, and is confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/8 "2004-06-18T19:35:30Z")
I always thought it was “noone” until I read **Noclueboy** ’s recent complaint about it. So I looked it up and was shocked to see that actually “no one” is correct instead. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/9 "2004-06-18T19:37:33Z")
It’s definitely “no one.” Now we wait to find out if **Noone Special** is embarrassed or joking. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/10 "2004-06-18T20:51:12Z")
No one uses “noone.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/11 "2004-06-18T21:04:57Z")
But you really can’t trust spell checkers in word processors. I saw a TV Guide item once referring to Peter Noone, due to a line break his last name got hyphentated as “No-one”. So some program thought “Noone” was “No-one”. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/12 "2004-06-18T21:22:30Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > **Noone** is correct. > > …as long as you’re referring to the [leader of Herman’s Hermits](http://www.kittensinunderpants.com/features_articles/star_interviews/hermans_hermits_peter_noone.html). God I loved him. What a babe. In a cute, boyish kind of way. His smile just turned me inside out! ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/13 "2004-06-18T21:59:50Z")
What on earth is wrong with “no-one”? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/14 "2004-06-18T22:15:54Z")
I’ve often pondered this same question. My solution is to use “nobody”, which means the same thing and doesn’t look funny. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/15 "2004-06-19T08:17:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s definitely “no one.” Now we wait to find out if **Noone Special** is embarrassed or joking. 😉 Embarrassed (that is, I really did think that _noone_ was correct :o.) Learn something new every day! (it isn’t _some thing_, I hope? :eek: ) But you really should cut me **some** slack, because I’m a “furriner” 😉 Dani And no, I’m **not** writing an admin for a name change. I’ve come to like my handle the way it is! So there. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/16 "2004-06-19T12:17:20Z")
> [@Noone Special](#): > > Embarrassed (that is, I really did think that _noone_ was correct :o.) Learn something new every day! (it isn’t _some thing_, I hope? :eek: ) > > But you really should cut me **some** slack, because I’m a “furriner” 😉 > > Dani > > And no, I’m **not** writing an admin for a name change. I’ve come to like my handle the way it is! So there. Well, I’ll cut you some slack, but only by assuming that you have a crush on Peter Noone and named yourself thusly. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/17 "2004-06-19T12:33:26Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Well, I’ll cut you some slack, but only by assuming that you have a crush on Peter Noone and named yourself thusly. 😃 Actually, I thought of trying to imply that he may have named himself after me - but I’m not quite **that** old, yet :eek: (Oh, and - at least in this incarnation - I’m a guy, and straight. So I don’t think it would have worked out too well between us) Dani ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/18 "2004-06-19T14:44:25Z")
The correct spelling is “Nobody” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/19 "2004-06-19T15:07:48Z")
I second **Ross** ’s _no-one_. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085/20 "2004-06-19T15:50:05Z")
I think the confusion lies with the relationship between “no one” and “someone” and “everyone”. I’ve never used the pseudo-word “noone”, which I’m inclined to pronounce as “noo-nee”. (I’ve never used “no-one” either.) I don’t think I’ve ever used the term “some one” before, but I have used both “everyone” and “every one”, depending on the situation. For example… _“Every one of these boxes needs to be labelled.”_ versus _"Everyone here is in big trouble!_ There’s probably a situation where “some one” may be appropriate, but I can’t think of any at the moment. Anyhoo… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-correct-no-one-or-noone/251085.md?page=2)