strathspey@strathspey.org:45606

Anselm Lingnau

Re: Divided by a common language (was Reels and Hornpipes)

June 21, 2006, 3:29 p.m. (Message 45606, in reply to message 45604)

John Chambers wrote:

> We do have a minor problem in English, in that the opposite
> of "within" obviously should be "without", [...]

You mean as in

  Come all without, come all within,
  You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn!

Then again, the opposite of »outwith« should obviously be »inwith«!?

Anselm
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