June 5, 2006, 3:27 p.m. (Message 45454, in reply to message 45449)
Hi Lara, > They assumed it was a Scottish usage. It does indeed seem to be peculiar to us here north of the border. It is even found strange by the English (for example my wife). But it is a very useful construction, which has a slightly different sense to "outside" - it's the opposite of "within". Cheers, Ian Brockbank Edinburgh, Scotland xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx http://www.scottishdance.net/