Hi all.

I have been bothered by this for a wile now and I think it's time to confront it. Many of the traditional dress preference continue to refer to themselves as Auld Crabbits.
Auld: old Crabbits: Old Scottish slang for grumpy or miserable.

Why do you continue to demean yourselves? Many of you kick back and give your traditionalist opinion in a traditionalist sub-forum and then disrespect your views, yourselves, and the traditional way of kilt wear.

I had a talk with my cousin once, who was African American. He used the word n!gga when talking to others of the same race as him. I told him he was making himself less of a human by using a racial slur to talk to about or with his friend. He refused to listen. He said he wasn't saying n!gger he was saying n!gga. It was a term of endearment between black people. Years later he was put at odds with his boss when he referred to him as "my n!gga". He admitted to me that after a long talk with his boss that it was a in inappropriate tern for anyone. It is a word of disrespect and should be avoided.

So I ask you. Why do you use the term auld crabbit when referring to yourself? Do you wish to be taken less seriously? Do you feel that if you call yourself a miserable old grump before anyone else does it protects you somehow?


I am not meaning this to be rude or confrontational. Rather I wish this to upbuild and reinstill selfworth to the traditionalist of XMTS.