when your Scottish horse gets married...

[Jock Scot]

On discussing the matter further with Archie, it appears that the tartan is worn in the form of a light horse blanket, therefore no sporran is required.

For those that might want to see what a Highland pony looks like, Archie is the grey. Well ok perhaps not. I will try again. Phew, it works.

[MacGumerait]

What I want to know is - When your Scottish horse gets married, what Tartan does he wear?

Once I have the answer to this perplexing question I will feel bettererer.

Given that it's a wedding , he wears whatever tartan the filly or the mare tells him to wear .

[OC Richard]

the increasing addition of 'ed' to put something in the past tense, lighted as opposed to lit comes to mind.

For a linguist taking the long view, the fact is that for a thousand years numbers of our old English irregular verbs have become regular and the process is still happening.

What is "standard" English has always been determined by usage, and it is always in a state of change. If tomorrow the majority of English speakers say "lighted" it is now Standard English and "lit" is old-fashioned/archaic usage.

What I find very interesting with verbs around here is the "-en" ending which shows up in (to me) unexpected places. So here we say "I got" / "I had gotten" but I've also heard "I sat" / "I had satten" and "I bought" / "I had boughten". I don't know if anybody has studied this strange pattern.

EDIT: just looked it up and "boughten" has been around for a long time. It occurs in 18th century English literature.

[Liam]

Given that it's a wedding , he wears whatever tartan the filly or the mare tells him to wear .

How true...
Steve, now that you have your answer, I hope you feel the "bestest", rather than bettererer...

[Kiltedjohn]

Weddings of horses are plagued by difficulty. All too often, when asked "Do you take this filly ...?", the horse replies "Neigh!"

(Or again the groom might make the response - this can be confusing.)

[Tarheel]

Let us consult the authority. I have the 1994 edition of "Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words." It is my go-to source when my wife is winning at Scrabble (82 games wins for her compared to my 6 last year.)
Archie would cause any filly's brills to flutter. Brills: the hair on the upper eyelids of a horse.

[Jack Daw]

On discussing the matter further with Archie, it appears that the tartan is worn in the form of a light horse blanket, therefore no sporran is required.

For those that might want to see what a Highland pony looks like, Archie is the grey. Well ok perhaps not. I will try again. Phew, it works.

That's not a horse; it's a unicorn...to be blunt.

[MacGumerait]

That's not a horse; it's a unicorn...to be blunt.

Haaa ! I see what you mean . Leave it to Jock to own a unicorn and disguise the horn as a blunt fence post . That sly ol' chap !

[Jock Scot]

.........and there I was thinking that a Unicorn has a fence p... er, I mean horn, pointing forward from the forehead.

[Jack Daw]

.........and there I was thinking that a Unicorn has a fence p... er, I mean horn, pointing forward from the forehead.

Jiminy, you're fantasi(s/z)ing, man.