Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
It's worse than that and you chaps may find it hard to understand. Much of Scottish history has been so romanticised by the likes of Sir Walter Scott, Landseer, Mel Gibson etc., willingly aided and abetted by assorted propaganda campaigns, by Kings, politicians and with the willing participation of the tourist industry of the last 150 years with their biscuit box version of Scots history. The nett result of all that, is that there is now a legacy of almost total cynicism to almost all of Scottish history by the Scots.I have noticed this effect for many years now and I am quite convinced that this is one of the reasons that the kilt is not seen as regular everyday wear in Scotland.
Hear hear. What we have been on about in this thread and in many others is the inaccuracy of the tales of Scotland told overseas, the myths and romanticism of the Highlands, the clans, Scotland as a whole. I am in total agreement with your last sentence, in partucular, Jock.