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Quote Originally Posted by farlander View Post
to the original topic, intent makes a huge difference! I have on occasion had the word 'skirt' used, when the speaker truly did not know a better word.

In california, we have many non native english speakers who are not familiar with the word 'kilt', but do know the word 'skirt'. To make things more interesting, in spanish, there is not a word for 'kilt'. The closest is 'falda escocesa', where 'falda' means skirt, and 'escocesa' is scottish. So, to be offended by the use of the word 'skirt' is truly silly if coming from someone with limited english speaking skills.