Wearing a kilt but not being Scottish

**rollerboy_1979** · 19th August 08, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer

Just lie.

As a person with absolutely zero Scot in my bloodline, I say wear the kilt and enjoy it. When people ask me if I'm Scot, and I say "No, Italian", they usually look at me like I've got a screw loose. After they get over the shock, I just tell them that the Romans invaded Scotland B.C., so there has to be a connection! They'll usually laugh and get over it, but sometimes, if I'm just tired of explaining my love of the kilt, I just lie! I tell them, "Yes, a little on my mother's side". Sometimes, it's just easier!

Kilt On!

RB

**Thunderbolt** · 19th August 08, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by meinfs

***Anybody who has pictures of Asian men in Kilts, please PM me or post here - so I can send it all to my friend so he can get used to it. *** [Maybe somebody could start a thread on "Kilted Asians" :-]

Here's a picture of the 10th Singapore Boys Brigade Pipes & Drums. I know of them, because thay wear my Clans tartan. We are proud of them for doing so.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/523/dscf24067tt.jpg

And good on you for having the courage to wear your kilt!

T.

Edit: Here's also a link to the Red Rose of Lochbuie, a pipe band in the Neatherlands....doubt many of them are Scottish either...

http://www.redroseoflochbuie.nl/

**CDNSushi** · 19th August 08, 06:28 PM

Indeed. That's why I really LOVE the answer proposed on page 1 of this thread. Happened to me the other day whilst kilted.

"Are you Scottish?"

"Nope. Not at all."

"And you're wearing a kilt...?"

"Do you wear blue jeans?"

"uhh. Yeah. Why?"

"Are you a cowboy?"

"Touche."

Depending on my mood, I may also point out the argument that UK has on their website: "If women had an appendage between their legs, I can virtually guarantee you that they would not be wearing pants."

Originally Posted by rollerboy_1979

As a person with absolutely zero Scot in my bloodline, I say wear the kilt and enjoy it. When people ask me if I'm Scot, and I say "No, Italian", they usually look at me like I've got a screw loose. After they get over the shock, I just tell them that the Romans invaded Scotland B.C., so there has to be a connection! They'll usually laugh and get over it, but sometimes, if I'm just tired of explaining my love of the kilt, I just lie! I tell them, "Yes, a little on my mother's side". Sometimes, it's just easier!

Kilt On!

RB

**O'Callaghan** · 25th August 08, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by The Ulsterman

I say, wear it, and wear it with your head held high me boy!!!!

The Fijians in the Royal Scots and The Highlanders certainly did.

Neil.

You're quite right, of course. Mind you, Fijian men wear some sort of skirt as their own national dress (apologies for not knowing what it's called), so it's not that big a stretch for them to wear the kilt, not so much as it is compared with trousers, anyway.

**wigwamboi** · 26th August 08, 06:12 PM

If only surfers could wear board shorts, most guys would have to swim in Speedos. Wear what you want.

**BruceBC** · 26th August 08, 06:21 PM

Wear it with pride. The kilt says something about the man not where you came from.

On a side note.... the science reason you can wear a kilt - genetic differences with the human population are very, very small. We are a young species from a small founding population. Therefore, we are all related to each other. (ps I have used this one on someone who said that I did not have a Scottish accent and thus should not be wearing a kilt - they walked away in a state of confusion - I called checkmate on that one)

Have fun, walk tall and you will have a blast!

**Highlander31** · 26th August 08, 07:41 PM

Wear the kilt. Ignore the critics.

**The Celtic Gypsy** · 26th August 08, 08:14 PM

This thread brings to mind what my mother said to people who asked why there was a piper at my father's funeral? (Keeping in mind that my father was as German as they come) "We adopted the piper." I think the same thing applies to the wearing of a Kilt. If you like it, go for it! It doesn't matter as long as there is a respect for the Kilt and the Tartan.

**highlander_Daz** · 27th August 08, 05:54 AM

Id love to hear Gordon Ramsays reaction if some suggested he wasnt a Scot because he doesnt have a Scots accent,

**meinfs** · 27th August 08, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by The Celtic Gypsy

This thread brings to mind what my mother said to people who asked why there was a piper at my father's funeral? (Keeping in mind that my father was as German as they come) "We adopted the piper." I think the same thing applies to the wearing of a Kilt. If you like it, go for it! It doesn't matter as long as there is a respect for the Kilt and the Tartan.

I love that! I can say "I was adopted by Scots!"

I can also get my DNA genealogy tested so I can say I'm xxx% Scottish. Lol. Maybe 0.007%?