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Thread #123730   Message #2726983
Posted By: Jack Campin
19-Sep-09 - 08:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Going for Messages'
Subject: RE: BS: 'Going for Messages'
It's also standard in Scotland (not just among the old).

I thought it was a very old usage, but the OED doesn't mention it and the Aberdeen UP Concise Scots Dictionary says it's 20th century.