Language usage question: "outwith"

[steepholm]

I would have done this as a poll, but only have a basic account.

1 a) Are you familiar with the word "outwith"?
b) Do you use it yourself?
c) Does its use strike you as affected when coming from a non-Scot?
d) Do you get the impression that it is increasing in usage outwith Scotland?

2 a) Are you Scottish (or have lived a considerable time there)?
b) Welsh/English/Irish?
c) From outwith the British Isles?

Comments

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

I am thoroughly English, am familiar with the word, didn't know until just recently that it's Scots, consider it useful not affected, and used it in the essay I wrote at the beginning of this month because it was the best fit for what I wanted to convey.