Talk:Outwith

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There is more discussion over on the Talk:Glasgow page because I edited the following sentence in the Glasgow article....

"Glasgow has the largest urban rail network in the UK outwith London, with rail services travelling to a large part of the West of Scotland."

I also added an example. My question is does this word refer more to legal documents/concepts rather than to an actual physical location?ThanksTom 14:49, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

The usage sounds fine to me. I simply object to a dictionary definition masquerading as an encyclopaedia article.

Some usage quotations from the OED:

a1300 Cursor M. 20922 (Cott.) Vt-wit [Gött. vtewid, Edin. outwiþ, Fairf. wiþ-out, Trin. wiþoute] þe toun apon þe est side. Ibid. 588 (Cott.) Vtewit [Fairf. Oute-wiþ] paradis [was adam] wroght.

1640 Bk. War Comm. Covenanters 133 The awners quhairof are outwith the kingdome.

1885 Law Rep. 10 App. Cas. 457 Any Court or tribunal outwith Scotland.

1947 H. Farmer Hist. Music Scotl. 216 In music, there was but one name, John Abell (d. 1724), and he gained his fame outwith Scotland.

1970 ‘E. Ferrars’ Seven Sleepers iv. 46 I'm moving into a small bungalow outwith the town.

Stringops 18:43, 3 April 2006 (UTC)