The famous "why do you wear a kilt? You are not Scottish"

**Riverkilt** · 8th May 13, 07:20 AM

You can go historic about the Brittons who wear tartan kilts.

You can say, "We French enjoy our FREEDOM!"

You can say, "I'm a porn star. I need the room."

**t_challa** · 26th May 13, 02:51 PM

I have recently started wearing kilts in London. Like Jeanfor, I wear mine purely for comfort and because I look AWESOME in it. As a black guy, I definitely have no Scottish/Celtic heritage (unless you count a couple of ancestors who worked in Scotland as slaves in the early 1800s).

The two most common questions I get asked are "Are you Scottish" and "Why are you wearing a kilt" (to which I answer "why NOT wear a kilt?"). I have a friend who is half Scottish and she wasn't impressed when she saw the pics of me on a night out DJing when i first wore the kilt. Fortunately she has been the only naysayer. I was wearing it yesterday down by Waterloo and did overhear a few comments along the lines of "he's probably Scottish", but on the whole, most people haven't noticed, and if they do, they don't seem to care (you can wear pretty much anything you want in London).

Funniest thing that has happened was yesterday too; I was walking down the street when I heard the sound of running behind me. Didn't think anything of it until I heard a voice say "Excuse me, kilt guy". it was a woman in her 50s who wanted to take a picture of me to show her boyfriend who apparently was convinced that there were no non-Scottish people who would wear a kilt, especially "down South".

I have met lots of members on here who have been nothing but complementary about my kilt wearing. If anyone in real life comments that you're just wearing one for attention it just means that they're jealous at not having the confidence and style to wear one

**Carlo** · 7th May 13, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

Robert Amyot might prefer the translation that is his username Ancienne Alliance rather than Vieille Alliance.

That would be former forum moderator and husband of Lady Crystel. How I checked my bing results, wiki... From what I read vieille alliance is the franco-scottish alliance. Ancienne Alliance means the old testament as far as I understood the sites I looked on.

**TheOfficialBren** · 7th May 13, 05:19 PM

Isn't it a tanslation into the Swiss dialect of French? I had a Swiss friend from Lucerne. Although he was a German-speaker there were several words that were either different or preferred in the Swiss dialect versus the German (or even Austrian) dialects. Is this not the case with French?

I could be totally wrong.

**Downunder Kilt** · 7th May 13, 05:25 PM

Anciennne in the French/English dictionary means: ancient, old or former.
Alliance means: a close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes

**jeanfor** · 7th May 13, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

Robert Amyot might prefer the translation that is his username Ancienne Alliance rather than Vieille Alliance.

Yes Ancienne Alliance!

**jeanfor** · 7th May 13, 06:12 PM

Thanks a lot for the feedback.... I already feel better!

**Jackson** · 7th May 13, 04:48 PM

All very good suggestions. I really like because "my wife asked me to". However, in my own case it usually comes out as "because my wife says I bought'm, so I'm gonna wear'm." My other favorite is "because this is America and I can." That always works.

Enjoy your kilt. I do.

Jackson

**Llama** · 8th May 13, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by jeanfor

I find it annoying when my wife and some people we know get to tell me that I am just looking for attention...

Surely you can find a table-turning moment to use here. Perhaps your wife is a fan of expensive and flashy shoes? Surely she doesn't wear them because they're comfortable.

You wear it because you like how you look and it makes you feel good. Too few things in life do, so grab hold of them when you can.