What does 'outwith' mean

tara747

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Brilliant.

Loopy_Girl

I honestly thought the OP was taking the p!ss and I had stumbled upon yet another illiterate adult who uses this site (of which there are a scary amount:eek:).....

....but having read the answers it appears it's a Scottish thing (bursts with pride ). It's a word I use frequently I have to say, and I deal with alot of people who live in England and no one has ever questioned it? Maybes they have just been guessing - could have made some of my conversations take a new meaning!!!

Every day a school day on here :A

tuggy12

Here you go:

lucylucky

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Like "OK, time to put the cat outwith"

...the empty milk bottles.

Owain_Moneysaver

Another word I've discovered is "anent" meaning About, used in Scottish legal wordings.

amibovvered

I'd never heard of it until 5 minutes ago when I saw it on the thread I read before this, and that was in a legal context. So when I saw this thread I was intrigued - I'm in my 50s, educated to A level and have read a lot all my life so consider myself to have a pretty wide vocabulary, but have not come across it before! I'm north of England too, we don't get many Scots round here!

Slightly OT - was just watching Flog It! and someone referred to his antecedents as Scotch. I thought that was a real no-no unless you are referring to the drink, or am I out of date on that? :santa2:

balletshoes

amibovvered wrote: »

Slightly OT - was just watching Flog It! and someone referred to his antecedents as Scotch. I thought that was a real no-no unless you are referring to the drink, or am I out of date on that? :santa2:

Grrrrrrrr no, you're not out of date there .............

mumslave

I say outwith a lot, it means outside to me, outwith the situation at hand, looking at another perspective. I am scottish.

Tigsteroonie

I first came across "outwith" when I moved to Scotland, and I have to say, I love the word! It fits where others don't

Incidentally (and totally apropos of nothing), there is a place just outside Stamford called "St Martins Without". I was always told that it related to the church that was outside the town walls, as opposed to "within" the town walls. Anyone know if this is true?

jackieglasgow

amibovvered wrote: »

I'd never heard of it until 5 minutes ago when I saw it on the thread I read before this, and that was in a legal context. So when I saw this thread I was intrigued - I'm in my 50s, educated to A level and have read a lot all my life so consider myself to have a pretty wide vocabulary, but have not come across it before! I'm north of England too, we don't get many Scots round here!

Slightly OT - was just watching Flog It! and someone referred to his antecedents as Scotch. I thought that was a real no-no unless you are referring to the drink, or am I out of date on that? :santa2:

Scotch should only be used in reference to food or drinks, Scotch Pie, Scotch Egg, Scotch whisky etc.