If You Heard The Phrase, 'Kith And Kin', And The Acronym, Udi...

[sandyRoe]

...what would come to mind?

[THECORBYLOON]

Rhodesia?

[Jackdaw33]

Rhodesia.

[Zacs-Master]

UDI - something political in Norn Irn?
Kith & Kin - family.

[Jackdaw33]

UDI was the Unilateral Declaration of Independence made by PM Ian Smith in 1965 when Britain refused to grant Southern Rhodesia independence until they achieved black majority rule.

[Chinajan]

Harold Wilson on Rhodesia

[jno]

kith is a fossil word - only exists as part of a phrase.

Yes, it says Ian Smith to me.

[Dagman]

Some ideas here;
phrases.org.uk

[JimF]

"kith is a fossil word"

In England, maybe, but in Scotland kith just means friend.

[douglas9401]

I'd think 'purveyor of fine meats' but I could be getting mixed up.

[calmck]

Friends and family

[Mamyalynne]

Easy mistake to make Doug.

[douglas9401]

Look at moi, look at moi... :-)

[maggiebee]

Kith is the friends portion of "Kith and Kin" which is a phrase that stands for friends and family. It also means, to make known or become known in archaic Scottish.

[jno]

thanks, you Scots.

Oddly, the Google dictionary defines it as "one's relations", which I would have thought was wrong.