Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
I say this with the greatest of respect and I hope you try to understand when I take issue with your last sentence. There are many Scots who feel that you are falling short of that "obligation to be respecful" you talk about, by wearing different clan tartans. I quite understand that you feel that you should not be bound by those obligations, and from your point of view, that's fair enough. Just don't expect some Scots to view it that way.

as a Scot i feel obliged to chip in here. 99% of Scots don't own a kilt. they hire them as and when they are needed - mostly for weddings, Burns suppers and for hogmany. kilt hire shops seldom stock more than 4 or 5 tartans, so people wear whatever happens to be available at the time.

if someone does ask about the kilt, the conversation goes along these lines; "That's a nice kilt, which tartan is it?", "Oh, thanks. I think it's a Baird", "Is it your own?", "No no, just rented", "Well you look very smart in it".

next to nobody in Scotland cares which tartan people wear because next to nobody in Scotland will ever own a kilt.