Quote Originally Posted by seanboy View Post
during the industrial revalution hundreds of thousands of highlanders came to work in glasgow bringing with them highland culture and attire. most scots in glasgow live here now because of migration from the highlands. And the last time I checked the highlands is in scotland. The kilt today belongs to the lowlands as much as it belongs to the highlands. So highland scots dont get on your highhorse just because you live somewhere in teucterville.
O.K. Well, at that same time and before thousands upon thousands of Scots also moved to Germany, America, Canada, Austrailia, New Zealand, France and England.

By your logic this means that the kilt is now a Scoto-franco-amei-canadi-zeal-australiao-anglo item of clothing, not just Scottish.

The kilt does belong to folk in the lowlands just as much as it belongs to people the world over with or without Scottish heritage.
That said, it was historically and remains technically Highlandwear just as people the world over regularly wear Kinonos as dressing gowns and class them as Japanese without realising that they originated as a Chinese garment.


Now, speaking of people getting on to their high horse because they are from teucterville, there is no need to get offensive about any of this.
It is a conversation and we are discussing historical fact as well as common usage.