Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
However,you are very wrong in thinking that all the people,like me, think that the non traditional line is wrong.
That's not exactly what I meant. I meant that if you are some kind of hardline traditionalist, then criticising someone's length (ooer missus) would at least seem consistent. It's this "almost libertarian, but not quite" attitude that I find odd. The juxtaposition of saying "Hey, even though this MUG has a really narrow apron, and somewhat womanly pockets, it's still a manly garment... woah! check that dude out, his 'kilt' is more than three fingers above his knee! What a maroon!" is a bit jarring.

Put it this way, if I were wearing a UK (which is rare, but not unheard of), and a piper with all the trimmings wanted to rip into me for wearing a girly skirt, I might think him a bit of a dick, but understand his point of view. If someone wearing a UK "in the proper fashion", comes up to me and says "OMFG ur waring it rong!! N00b!", then I'd really have no idea what they were talking about.