To kilt or not to kilt: A St. Paddy's Day conundrum

[berserkbishop]

Thank you BB for further clarifying your position. You have to admit though that one could easily construe (or misconstrue) that one remark as "elitism" (hence my comment on it).
Again I thank you for the clarification.

Yes, I can understand the confusion from my first post, I should have made myself more clear in the first place. I am just pleased that we can discuss diverging opinions in a civil matter on this board. Thank you for educating me more on Gung Haggis and your heritage.

BB

[BoldHighlander]

Part of me wishes to wear ma kilt that day as its expected of me, as was voiced by a number of people. And part of me wishes to spit at the idea of wearing my kilt as it is reinforcing a false stereotype.

Which stereotype is that?

This?









or This?









...wear the kilt Jamie

[JamieKerr]

...wear the kilt Jamie

You made me chuckle. I cannot argue with your logic, nor the fact that the beautiful kilt I just bought from Turpin is now sitting on my bed. It was clearly meant to be!

[BoldHighlander]

Yes, I can understand the confusion from my first post, I should have made myself more clear in the first place. I am just pleased that we can discuss diverging opinions in a civil matter on this board. Thank you for educating me more on Gung Haggis and your heritage.

BB

Indeed

and just for the record, while I'm primarily Ulster-Scots (or Scots-Irish) / Highland Scots, & Irish, I'm really a Hienz 57 with Cherokee, English, and wee amounts of German, Austrian & Swiss thrown in the mix

[highlander_Daz]

If you wear The Kilt for special occasions (weddings etc) , then st Pats is just another special occasion, by wearing The Kilt on st Pats, your not trying to suggest The Kilt is Irish, if people want to think that its up to them, ! when I was studying in England I wore my own Kilt and played the bagipes at a St. Georges day event, I wasnt trying to suggest that The Kilt was the national dress of England. (although English people seem to have adopted Burburry Tartan as their national dress) (JK)

There are a lot of cultural "crossovers" between Irish and Scots culture, language and music -and Irish/ Irish descended folk populate a large percentage of the west side of Scotland. even my own family, which has it roots around Avoch and Gairloch has a branch from Ireland, on a day of celebration wear whatever you feel comfortable, but by wearing the kilt your not purposly trying to suggest its "Oirish" if people think that your not going to change that view by steadfastly refusing to wear it

[Scotus]

although English people seem to have adopted Burburry Tartan as their national dress

Too funny!

[beowulf67]

Indeed

and just for the record, while I'm primarily Ulster-Scots (or Scots-Irish) / Highland Scots, & Irish, I'm really a Hienz 57 with Cherokee, English, and wee amounts of German, Austrian & Swiss thrown in the mix

In other words, typical American!!
I'm the same way. That's why we are the "Great American Melting Pot", at least that's what I learned from Schoolhouse Rock.

And as for the question of should you wear the kilt:
It's comfy
It looks sharp
Chicks dig it

I'm sorry, what was the question again?