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25th January 11, 08:42 PM #1

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Originally Posted by Monkey@Arms

The current discussion about the tartan worn in the movie "The King's Speech" http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-speech-63781/ was itself referenced in a news article about the same from the Evening Herald in Ireland.

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Originally Posted by Detroitpete

It also refers to us as the "kilted cognoscenti". I'm SOOOOOOO adding that to my personal calling card

To be honest I had to look up "cognoscenti" because I wasn't sure of its meaning....I had to be sure that there wasn't any dark, nefarious connotations to it!

[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

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