Kilt Rentals for Masonic Event

[Downunder Kilt]

Suffice it to say that for any gathering of people where there are a lot of highland dress being worn, in my mind it always looks a lot better if everyone wears their own tartan than if everyone is "cookie cuttered" up in the same tartan. Just my opinion.

I think this comment best sums up how the OP's situation can be overcome.

[Nathan]

A nice Masonic kilt pin can give any tartan that Masonic je ne sais crois.

In the interest of linguistic accuracy/nerdery, the expression is "Je ne sais quoi" which translates to "I don't know what". What you wrote would translate into "I don't know believe".

[McClef]

Oui! Pardonez-moi ma pauvre Francais que j'ai oublie! Salut! Vraiement l'ord propre est Quoi et pas crois.

Les doigts avant le cerveau. :beer:

[Nathan]

Aucun problème, mon ami ! Nous faisons tous des erreurs de temps en temps.

[Kalok Sundancer]

Aucun problème, mon ami ! Nous faisons tous des erreurs de temps en temps.

All I have to say to this is.... "Je ne parle pas Francais." hehehehhe

[BCAC]

We could get real pedantic here and pick up the French errors in these last few posts but we're not here for that. There's no real need to be absolutely grammatically correct when speaking a foreign language. Just do your best to make yourself understood. The natives always appreciate that you made the effort to speak in their language.

Well done, Trefor, even with the mistakes you got your message across. French is a very complicated language. I've been living in France and speaking the language for over thirty years and I still make mistakes.

[McClef]

The two words are homophones when pronounced so that's my excuse.

[Grizzly]

We could get real pedantic here and pick up the French errors in these last few posts but we're not here for that. There's no real need to be absolutely grammatically correct when speaking a foreign language. Just do your best to make yourself understood. The natives always appreciate that you made the effort to speak in their language


Well done, Trefor, even with the mistakes you got your message across. French is a very complicated language. I've been living in France and speaking the language for over thirty years and I still make mistakes.

When it comes to French I'm on David's side, my schoolboy French is passable but pales in comparison to a quasi native.

[Pete]

hi pete!
is this a lodge event you are doing? what lodge? I am a member of Jefferson #90 Middletown, ohio. I just got my kilt from usa kilts. the wait was 9 weeks.
best regards,
mark wells

Brother Mark,
I attended my first Burns Supper last year and thought it would be a great idea to attend Lodge in Highland Dress on our meeting just before. The idea has motivated me to purchase my first outfit. Although this thread has morphed into another type of discussion, I've appreciated the interesting discourse. Bottom line is, the Utah Grand Lodge masonic tartan is pretty much impossible to rent. So, we can opt for a generic tartan (Nightstalker or Granite Gray) or each wear our clan colors, if applicable. Perhaps I can PM you to get your thoughts/opinions.

[Peter Crowe]

Hello Brother Pete and from a Scots expatriate and Massachusetts Mason living on Boston's North Shore.

Your aim is laudable and I encourage Brethren to attend Masonic functions in Highland Dress where appropriate but when doing so bear in mind that Brother Robert Burns never wore a kilt in his life although he is reported to have worn a shepherd's shoulder plaid.

I have not sat in Lodge in Scotland (I only joined the Craft after emigrating to the States) but from photos Brethren have shared of their 'harmonies', Brothers generally wear their clan or a universal tartan. Some Scottish lodges have tartan on their regalia (GLoS blue lodges don't have a standard colour each lodge chooses it's own).

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Bro. Peter Crowe
Assistant Secretary
Philanthropic Lodge F. & A.M. 1760
Marblehead MA
Mark Master Mason - Washington Chapter RAM
Salem MA,
and Brother Cronie of the Kilwinning Club of Boston