Some thoughts from Non-Kilt folks...

[Blu (Ontario)]

I stumbled on this website recently... It's a forum for hikers. This thread discusses the merits of kilts in the great out of doors by some non-kilt types.

http://www.viewsfromthetop.com/forum...4&page=1&pp=15

It makes me think there may be many borderline kilt wearers out there. All they need is a gentle push in the right direction.

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[beloitpiper]

They seem like a nice enough bunch, but keep calling them skirts...

[Mr. Kilt]

This was the best post in the thread...I saw a man out hiking in a kilt. After exchanging hellos I asked, "So... what's under the kilt?" He just sighed and muttered, "nothing since black fly season."

[Blu (Ontario)]

They seem like a nice enough bunch, but keep calling them skirts...

I thought the forum was interesting because, although they are hikers, they are also a slice of modern society complete with all of the misconceptions and misunderstandings of kilts inherent in the general populace.

And while kilts are quite special for a variety of reasons, they are still, for all intents and purposes, a type of skirt. To a casual onlooker, most have no idea how much fabric is in a kilt, how much they weighs, how they're made, the history, or anything else about them.

I was surprised there wasn't any nasty comments in the thread. And it's nice to know that there are a few open minded folks out in the world. We'll educate them first.

blu

[pbpersson]

They seem like a nice enough bunch, but keep calling them skirts...

I STILL say that a kilt is nothing more than a pleated skirt for men.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[possingk]

nevermind

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

I STILL say that a kilt is nothing more than a pleated skirt for men.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Which is semantically, and denotatively accurate, even if some have a problem with the connotation. It will be a great day when we all embrace the sentiment "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".

[pbpersson]

Which is semantically, and denotatively accurate, even if some have a problem with the connotation. It will be a great day when we all embrace the sentiment "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".

I guess it rubs some people the wrong way. I didn't intend to make trouble. When I look up the word "kilt" on dictionary.com this is what I see:

"A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands"

So....if this offends anyone I'm sorry, I didn't make it up.....

[pbpersson]

Which is semantically, and denotatively accurate, even if some have a problem with the connotation. It will be a great day when we all embrace the sentiment "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".

I guess what I meant to say is that at first glance it could be said that a kilt in some ways shares a few characteristics with a pleated skirt and if someone out of ignorance referred to it as a skirt I would not automatically take it as an insult.

[kiltedjaz]

I STILL say that a kilt is nothing more than a pleated skirt for men.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

I think you need to look a wee bit closer to home for a 'pleated' skirt for men....try 'Utilliskirts' of Seattle. (sorry just a wee typo error there...it should read Usillyskirts).

Mind you they're not really kilts in the most accepted form of the meaning of the word. Just a pair of coulottes with one leghole !!!!