I'm amazed at you people

**sadkingbilly** · 28th July 12, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Kilted Cole

Okay! I've got it!
The answer is!.....
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It is, indeed. But - what is the ultimate question again?

This thread was fun to read. Some have very deep feelings for their tartan and the kilt, some just wear it as fashionable or fun clothing. Since any lineage I might have to the highlands is misty at best I won't pretend to be proud to wear a kilt. On the other hand, when I was a young lad I saw my first piper band in Amsterdam (flown in from Scotland, I don't think we had any professional pipers in the Netherlands then) and when I saw them wearing kilts I promised myself I'd wear one someday; well, it's been 25 years but I kept my promise. And it's every bit as nice to wear as I imagined. I'll wear my kilt(s) with the respect it deserves, just as I would when wearing any other attire with a long history. But I can still enjoy it, yes?

If there's one thing I love it's freedom. I feel free when fly fishing, when snowboarding, when scubadiving, when parachuting, when RC soaring and I just know wearing a kilt will give me a comparable sense of freedom. Just my $0.02

**Kilted Cole** · 28th July 12, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by sadkingbilly

It is, indeed. But - what is the ultimate question again?

This thread was fun to read. Some have very deep feelings for their tartan and the kilt, some just wear it as fashionable or fun clothing. Since any lineage I might have to the highlands is misty at best I won't pretend to be proud to wear a kilt. On the other hand, when I was a young lad I saw my first piper band in Amsterdam (flown in from Scotland, I don't think we had any professional pipers in the Netherlands then) and when I saw them wearing kilts I promised myself I'd wear one someday; well, it's been 25 years but I kept my promise. And it's every bit as nice to wear as I imagined. I'll wear my kilt(s) with the respect it deserves, just as I would when wearing any other attire with a long history. But I can still enjoy it, yes?

If there's one thing I love it's freedom. I feel free when fly fishing, when snowboarding, when scubadiving, when parachuting, when RC soaring and I just know wearing a kilt will give me a comparable sense of freedom. Just my $0.02

Well put indeed!

**Joe I** · 29th July 12, 04:27 AM

I think that was a referace to "The Hichikers Guide to the Galaxy"

**OC Richard** · 29th July 12, 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

As a Scot living in Scotland I would certainly have to disagree with you Richard that our American friends wear the kilt to put on an act. Just like myself I suspect our Trans-Atlantic cousins wear kilts out of pride for their Scottish heritage or simply because the kilt is a comfortable and practical garment for all men.

+2

**Singlemalt** · 29th July 12, 06:39 AM

When I first discovered this forum a year and a half ago I got quite involved with a few threads like this one. I grew up in a very Scottish family in a rual and very Scottish part of Canada. I have owned a kilt since the first one my mother made for me when i was a small boy, including to my wedding over 30 years ago. When I found that there were those who questioned the appropriatness of my kilt wearing I got quite angry and defensive. I wrote several long posts ( no doubt boring to the rabble) about my Scottish family and upbringing (don't worry I am not going to do it again). Frankly at this point I no longer feel compelled to defend my choices. I also realise there is more to it than ancestry and culture. I have a younger brother who grew up in the same home and enviornment. He also had a kilt made by our mother when he was a small boy and then wore my first one when I grew out of it. I know he has not worn one since he was 10 years old. At a few family gatherings he has told me he has thought about getting one. I have provided him contact information for kilt makers but he has never bothered to order one. So we can go on and on about how Scottish we are, or which ancestor we are honouring but when it comes right down to it I wear a kilt because I like it, and I don't think I need any more justification than that.

**tundramanq** · 29th July 12, 06:50 AM

Ditto - kilts and Talisker

**CMcG** · 29th July 12, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by Singlemalt

... So we can go on and on about how Scottish we are, or which ancestor we are honouring but when it comes right down to it I wear a kilt because I like it, and I don't think I need any more justification than that.

Well put, sir.

**Sammac** · 29th July 12, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

As a Scot living in Scotland I would certainly have to disagree with you Richard that our American friends wear the kilt to put on an act. Just like myself I suspect our Trans-Atlantic cousins wear kilts out of pride for their Scottish heritage or simply because the kilt is a comfortable and practical garment for all men.

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**Joe I** · 29th July 12, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Singlemalt

So we can go on and on about how Scottish we are, or which ancestor we are honouring but when it comes right down to it I wear a kilt because I like it, and I don't think I need any more justification than that.

*** Right on, Brother!