A Great Letter, I think . . .

**SFCRick** · 31st March 08, 02:02 AM

good job

**ardchoille** · 31st March 08, 02:18 AM

That is a very impressive letter. And, in my opinion, a good example of how to properly respond to something which could be taken as provocative.

**sharpdressedscot** · 31st March 08, 05:31 AM

That's a really good letter, I like it. Good read!

**MacMoose** · 31st March 08, 07:14 AM

Brilliant response!

"Tartanistas"???? I love that! I plan on using that on a regular basis...my word of the day...

**kmaclea** · 31st March 08, 08:20 AM

Yes, Cyndi, a *very* impressive letter and a brilliantly written riposte. All I can really say is WOW. If I ever have to defend myself in terms of tartans and kilts and such as a Scottish-American, I will find myself running to this letter for an eloquent way to hold court!

Someone should sticky this! It's that good!

Kyle=

**Chase** · 31st March 08, 08:54 AM

I'm none of the above, but I enjoyed the read...Although I'll be the first to admit, I would be more inclined to buy a ticket to Scotland, fly over, introduce myself, give him a "wake-up slap", fly back, and pop open an ice cold Kokanee.

**Macman** · 31st March 08, 09:22 AM

I really liked that letter when I read it, and nice to hear from you, Cyndi!

**ozone** · 31st March 08, 09:34 AM

Three Cheers for Cyndi for her thoughtful response. As a welsh-tartan-wearing person, I found many points in her letter that rang true with my own experience in regard to honoring the ancestors and whatnot.

Also, her point about the fact that most of us probably wouldn't be wearing tartan anything if it hadn't been for the mid-19th century ENGLISH lords reviving the tradition is well put. That jibes well with my and my wife's experience when speaking with various scots during our trip there in 2003.

Plus, you never know where your ancestor-searching might take you. My uncle, in from Holland, just recently found out at a bridge tournament that the folks sitting across from him and his wife were the children of some jewish survivors of WWII who had been saved by my grandfather's connections in the underground. THEY told him that Landman (his last name) is most likely descended from a GERMAN JEWISH family (Landmann) from around Essen in Germany from the 1500's....they had looked it up apparently.

SO, now i am apparently of Welsh, Dutch, German, English, Jewish descent....now how's that for confusing the issue?!? Anyone got a good tartan pattern for that?!?

**Cawdorian** · 31st March 08, 10:04 AM

Cyndi, thanks for your thoughtful and energetic response to the letter. I found It to be very inspiring. It put forth several ideas I had never thought about and does a great job of putting our Scottish heritage in the proper perspective.

I especially like the statement from Davie Ross, "most Scottish Americans are 3, 4 or 5 generations American, but before that they were another 30 generations (or more) Scottish too."

**Galician** · 31st March 08, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by ozone

Plus, you never know where your ancestor-searching might take you. My uncle, in from Holland, just recently found out at a bridge tournament that the folks sitting across from him and his wife were the children of some jewish survivors of WWII who had been saved by my grandfather's connections in the underground. THEY told him that Landman (his last name) is most likely descended from a GERMAN JEWISH family (Landmann) from around Essen in Germany from the 1500's....they had looked it up apparently.

SO, now i am apparently of Welsh, Dutch, German, English, Jewish descent....now how's that for confusing the issue?!? Anyone got a good tartan pattern for that?!?

Sounds like you need to read the threads (again?) on a Jewish tartan.