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

Haha I just had this discussion with my English DP. He was baffled!

Well in my head it does as behind 8 would be the numbers leading up to it!

In front of 8 would be the numbers ahead of it, in front of!

Behind usually means, well, behind! So behind something would be before it...

Oh my head is bursting

Yes I do but only because my DDad is Scottish. I've never heard an English person say it. Or understand it when we say it.

I'm English and live in Scotland (over 16 years now) with Scottish DH and the three mini Scots we made. I refuse to use "back of..." as a time because I swear my MIL only uses it to make me feel like I'm not on time or to have me waiting round for her. But honestly I don't use it because it's just inaccurate.

My biggest ones to understand were:

"What you saying, Hen?" When you got to the counter in a shop. My standard reply was.... "um... sorry, I didn't say anything?"

"Where do you stay?" And my confused reply was "Oh no, I live here"

Its all normal to me now. I have been "black affronted". I often "cannae mind" something. I ken whit people mean just fine. I even go for my messages every week up the street with MIL.

I'm amazed people havent heard of out with. Never crossed my mind that it was a Scottish thing

I think I go everywhere 'the back of'

But outwith isn't a Scottish thing. It's a very normal word to describe out of office hours, or outside of a contract's perimeters etc. Maybe it's too formal a term for some to use regularly so they hadn't heard it before?

"Just now" confused the fuck out of me until I realised it was a Scottish thing.

And "stay" rather than live. Staying somewhere means temporarily, like a holiday.

I’m South England and I know what outwith is.

I had no idea these phrases weren't used outwith Scotland

Outwith is very definitely a Scottish word! Scottish people have managed to spread the word of it a bit, though!
en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/outwith

The back of = any time between one minute to 59 minutes past the hour

Is the outwith thing not that we (Scots) make it one word & not 2?

Celebelly - I was starting to think I must be stupid for not knowing the meaning of outwith but I genuinely don't recall ever hearing or seeing it!

(I'm in Yorkshire)

The word outwith was actually one of the subjects of very interesting lecture on linguistics I attended! All the Scots in attendance just nodded knowingly

Some time after 8, my Scottish OH says it all the time x

My Scottish colleague often says "I'm bringing my daughter swimming" when (to my English ears) he means "I'm taking my daughter swimming".

Don't really understand the 'back of 8' thing and I'm Scottish - way too unspecific for me! As for 'outwith', I used it when typing letter when I first moved to London in 1989 and was told it wasn't a word. I was VERY perplexed. However I checked the dictionary and it wasn't in there - really made me doubt myself!

Didn't know "where do you stay" was a Scottish thing

Is it Scottish to say "taking DD to the baths"?

This ahs confused me many times. I grew up in Scotland where 'back of' meant 'somewhere around and usually a bit after' and then moved to York where they say 'back of' all the time and it meant just before the hour! I was never sure when I was expected anywhere!

And, oh yes, had to drop where do you stay within months of starting uni as they just answered with their college and room number. I think everyone thought I was overly nosy/ a potential stalker!

I use 'the back of' frequently, so I was rather surprised recently when dh (English) said he though it meant before the hour . I put him right . He does know what outwith means though.

'Taking DD to the baths', I would assume you meant taking her swimming?

yep

too many scottishisms that my non Scottish friends don't understand