Who designed Ghillie shoes

[macwilkin]

Hold on. Steady there. You have overlooked the fact that the Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Belgians, and even the Italians, all had empires of varying sizes and shapes over the years, and all of them referred to the "natives" by nick-names, not always politically correct. To ascribe this practice soley to the English, is way out of court.

If, as you say, the modern day kilt, and all that goes with it, is an English invention, and clearly that English connection seems to bother you greatly, might I suggest you abandon the kilt in all of it's forms and find some mode of dress that will be less distressing to your feelings regarding the English?

And, just for your edification, "Yank" is short for "Yankee" a term used by the well-established Dutch settlers, in what became New York, to describe the recently arrived English colonists who were settling in the Hudson River Valley.

Spot on, Scott.

T.