'Nice Skirt Revisited'.

**KiltedPilot** · 10th January 06, 09:35 AM

We should not be surprised when people call a kilt a skirt, when the media does so. For instance, from the Kansas City Star:

Kilt:Traditional Scottish Highland knee-length skirt; comes in hundreds of tartan patterns, most of which have military or family significance. Jeff Kruske’s kilt is made of 16-ounce wool and weighs about 8 pounds.

This is from an article at http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...g/13585317.htm

Also in this article is

See that man standing there in the skirt? The one with the bagpipes?

and

The event has taken off faster than you can say “Hey Mom, that man is wearing a skirt.”

The last two are clearly inserted for humour, but the first quote is clearly intended to be a definition to educate the reader.

Otherwise, the article is quite interesting, about a pipe and drum masterclass in Kansas City

**NewKilt** · 10th January 06, 09:57 AM

Well done James. It's a very good example that supports your previous thread about handling comments. You wound up having a nice conversation with the woman who called your kilt a skirt, and then corrected herself.

I had a young man ask me were my bagpipes were when I was faxing some info at Kinkos. I simply clicked my fingers together and said, "Darn, I knew I forgot something, I left them at home." We both left Kinkos at the same time, and had a nice conversation about our disabilities - he was walking with a cane as well. When we parted, he said that my kilt really looked sharp.

Darrell