I agree with Blu to a large degree... or to paraphrase Nike, just do it! On theother hand, where I live and work I encounter a large number of people who have never in their lives seen or heard of a kilt.

Where I work we have a number of Chinese computer programmers. I, for example am in the middle of training a new student worker, she's a graduate student in Statistics from China. She has freaked out, seeing pictures of me in a kilt. Today will be the first day she'll see me, in person, kilted.

It's taken some significant education to get these women (they're all women) to adopt the word "kilt" and come around to the idea that it's not a woman's skirt that I'm wearing. Honestly, I really don't care what they think. If they have a problem with it, it's THEIR problem, you know? On the other hand I do work with them, and a modicum of understanding goes a long ways towards a bit of comfort in the workplace.

"skirt" to people who have no experience with kilts means that I am cross-dressing. That makes for discomfort in the workplace. But take that exact same situation, replace the word with "kilt"..show them some pictures of Sean Connory, Prince Charles, Vin Diesel and evensome of the guys onthis board, and so on, and all of a sudden the problem goes away.

I wouldn't waste my time trying to correct someone on the street or in the store beyond a smile and sixty seconds regarding the word "kilt" and what it means. Past that, if they have an issue, it's their issue,not mine. But at work, it's another matter.