Love Your Scottish Sayings

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By Emma, from Sydney, Australia

I lived in Edinburgh for just over a year (I'm Australian) and found it fascinating that everyone used the word "outwith"... I protested that there was no such word and when we looked in the dictionary the Scots were very surprised to see it did not exist!

I've never heard of anyone but a Scot saying this word and you all say it!

Miss Scotland terribly and would move back there in a heartbeat if I could. Loveliest people on earth.


My reply :

Thanks Emma, I must say, I'm surprised too! It's very common here and I assumed everyone "outwith" Scotland used this word.

There is a reference to it in The Free Dictionary.

It's described as a Scots word meaning outside, or beyond.

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