What does 'outwith' mean

balletshoes

I can't explain it thistledome, but its one of those things that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

System

Hi Heart shaped diamond,
I'm from the Glasgow area, the east end but I'm outwith the rough part!!!
Linda x
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

amibovvered

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Does that mean I am the baby of the bunch then? :D

Probably - I definitely feel very old at times! :rotfl:

Gloomendoom

Well, you learn something new every day. I had no idea that 'outwith' was an unusual word or that it is mainly used in Scotland.

thistledome wrote: »

Scotch was the commonly used word in both England and Scotland for a Scot until the 19th century when educated Scots decided it was an English word and they didn't want to use it anymore, but that's no reason why English people shouldn't still use it.

A bit like Welch and Welsh. The former has just gone out of fashion.

I don't know why Jocks get so niggled by it. Robert Burns was quite happy to call himself the Scotch Bard. Everyone's desperate to find something to be offended by these days.

Language changes. When I was a lad, the word 'nignog' just meant 'idiot'. Now the meaning has been corrupted and it is regarded as a very offensive word.

puppypants

mumslave wrote: »

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

I first came across outwith in one of your posts, I'd never heard it before. Thanks for the explanation everyone

[Deleted User]

Hi,

jings let me tell ye,

yeez are gie pass remarkable aboot the Scottish,

yeez'll aw get yer cummuppance some day,

jings,

bi then, it'll no mak a button o' differrence.

Yeez a' tak care noo.

Owain_Moneysaver

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Language changes. When I was a lad, the word 'nignog' just meant 'idiot'. Now the meaning has been corrupted and it is regarded as a very offensive word.

Nignogs - also the same name as a children's club run by the Bradford Telegraph and Argus in the 1930s Free trips for nignogs

Different times :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

ailuro2

I'm an East coaster, thankfully living outwith the M8 / central belt corridor this last week.;)



p.s. I think the replacement for outwith wouldn't be "outside", it would be "outside of" so were are even economical with words up here. haha

missjennipenni

Im an east coaster

BillTrac

balletshoes wrote: »

I think it means "outside of", kind of "apart from" or "except" - is it a Scottish thing maybe? I'm Scottish and "outwith" doesn't sound odd to me.

All, it was a bit of a tongue in cheek post...;)

Actually I am Scottish... Born in Dunoon (which is 30 miles West of Glasgow), but been doon south for over forty years.

I never heard it being used until a few months ago, then it seemed to crop up quite regularly. My spell checker kept highlighting it.