Well Met?

[Domehead]

Interesting, everyone. Incidentally, I grew up hearing "outwith" regular usage and use it myself in everyday speech.
Ryan

[James Hood]

'Have only encountered, "well met" on this forum, despite being "only" 700+ miles from Mississippi.

Spouse's family originating in Virginia and Tennessee, some unique, unfamiliar bits of Spoken Southern" have been heard over the decades, which required translation.

Gentle e-colleagues, be assured, despite proximity to the largest city on the southernmost North American freshwater inland sea, the following common local-colloqial greetings will not be used on this forum:

"Sup, foo?"

"Aaay, hahyah 'dooon?"

[Tarheel]

Interesting, everyone. Incidentally, I grew up hearing "outwith" regular usage and use it myself in everyday speech.
Ryan

There is a term still used by my family, it being, "fort-wit". It means right away. I'm sure it is derived from "forth with."

Another term that baffles many non relatives is, "toot-sweet." That also means right away. I can only guess it began as, "to (short for toward) swift."

The first phrase in context, is soon rather than later, the second requires running.

[Jock Scot]

There is a term still used by my family, it being, "fort-wit". It means right away. I'm sure it is derived from "forth with."

Another term that baffles many non relatives is, "toot-sweet." That also means right away. I can only guess it began as, "to (short for toward) swift."

The first phrase in context, is soon rather than later, the second requires running.

I think you will find that "toot-sweet" is the Anglicised version of the French "toute-de-suite"(straight away).

"Forthwith" according to my father who was a senior RN officer meant, not now---but YESTERDAY!

[neloon]

Jock said:
"How do you do?", "How are you?", "Nice to meet you." "Long time no see!" How are you doing?" would be a fairly usual verbal greeting here.
Or, in the Northeast of Scotland, "Fit like?". Work that one out, you Gaelic experts!

Alan

[Mike_Oettle]

Jock Scot wrote: “Oh, I would not be the least bit surprised that ‘well met’ or variations of it originated in the UK. However, just to write or say ‘well met’ is not a usual greeting in the UK, these days.”

Jock, I did not imagine that it was current in the UK nowadays. It can be compared (to use a far more modern example) with the expression robot, meaning traffic light. Britons coming to South Africa regard it as an extreme oddity that has never been heard in the old country, but in fact it was in common use in Britain before the Second World War, and came to South Africa in that period.
Similarly the word bioscope (technically the registered brand name of a particular early method of displaying moving pictures, Bioscope) is still today a common usage in South Africa meaning cinema (or as our American brethren put it, movie theater). (However bioscope is not part of my everyday usage.)
Regards,
Mike

[plaid preacher]

There is a term still used by my family, it being, "fort-wit". It means right away. I'm sure it is derived from "forth with."

Another term that baffles many non relatives is, "toot-sweet." That also means right away. I can only guess it began as, "to (short for toward) swift."

The first phrase in context, is soon rather than later, the second requires running.

Tarheel... toot-sweet actually is french tout de suite and does indeed mean right away.

As for "outwith" I think such expressions are commonly used in places where identity is important. I am born and raised on Prince Edward Island and down home the phrase "from away" is a common description for people who were not born there. Not as elegant as "outwith" but it communicates the same sentiment.

[rlloyd]

here in Upper East Tennessee, I've heard "well met" used all my life. Not as a greeting between people which know one another, of course, but for when you've...just met.

[MacGumerait]

I have to admit that until I was member of this forum , I wasn't familiar with " Well Met " used as a greeting .

I am familiar with the phrase , however , I have always been accustomed to it being used as a compliment similar to " Well Done " .

For example ... if one was to meet a challenge or task and succeed , the response would be " Well Met " .

As the old saying goes ... we learn something new every day .

[Nile]

I have to admit that until I was member of this forum , I wasn't familiar with " Well Met " used as a greeting .

I am familiar with the phrase , however , I have always been accustomed to it being used as a compliment similar to " Well Done " .

For example ... if one was to meet a challenge or task and succeed , the response would be " Well Met " .

As the old saying goes ... we learn something new every day .

I too, am familiar with this phrase but, primarily from my youth and not necessarily as a greeting. Whenever I was dressed in my Sunday best as a youth and our family visited an aunt and uncle of my dad's, my uncle would often say, "Well met, young man, well met!" which I took to mean that the way I was dressed met his standards.

Nile