see you at the back of 8

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Is it a Scottish thing?

Anyone know what it means?

I do (Scottish)

My friend is English and was like WTF lol

I'm scottish, been with my English DH for 10 years and he asked me what it means a couple of weeks ago!! Wonder what he thought I meant all these years

It's a Scottish thing. I get it because XDP is Scottish.

I haven't a clue! (English)

I would guess and say after 8pm ?!

I only know because I have a Scottish DH. Did confuse me for a while.

After 8pm?

Scottish thing. I regularly confuse English colleagues when I say I'll phone them at say the back of 1

Same with out with. I recorded our team voicemail and said something like outwith office hours and other colleagues didn't have a clue!

Never heard that phrase, but I'd say "after eight? Sure" to check.

Just after 8 of course

I class as the " back of " as the first 15 minutes of the hour

No idea I would guess after 8pm.

*outwith. Even autocorrect doesn't like it

Storie - what does outwith mean?

I'm English, though I've been here 18 years, and Dd is born and brought up here.
She doesn't use too many Scottish terms at home, but she lived away for a while a couple of years back.
She came home saying things like "piece", "the now", "up the stair".
Saying that, I'm recently realised I ask where people stay, as opposed to where they live

Scottish people don't like to be pinned down hence back o 8

Yes it is before 20 past.

Yep it's a Scottish thing . Always reminds me of my Granny.

Outwith means outside of - so outwith office hours or outwith a contract

Outwith means outside the set parameters. So "outwith office hours" would mean the time not during 9-5. I'm amazed its not more well know. It's a fab descriptive word

outwith is outside the norm, not usual, not done

So outwith office hours is outside office hours.

Outwith a contract etc

Common sense outwith = my best mates description of the odd things her 9 year old does.

Is outwith not used outwith Scotland?

I had no idea that arranging to meet at the back of the hour was unusual. I think I use that phrase on an almost daily basis. (Born and bred Scot)

use the phrase frequently! Sometime after 8, usually I'd say it means between 8-8.30. I'm always late so I'll say back of coz that covers me for a while lol

See in my (very southern English) mind Id have thought back of being say just before/behind! So say 7.50!

Back means behind though so 7.50 makes no sense