Last week I was at the locally famous Ithaca Festival parade. I saw a chap in a utilikilt . . . unusaul sighting, so I went over and introduced myself.
"Good to see a fellow kilt wearer," I said.
"Yes," he replied, "but what kind of utilikilt is that you're wearing?"
"Oh, this is a traditional wool kilt in my family tartan."
My new friend looked puzzled.
I came away from the encounter with the impression that utilikilts were the "real thing." My tartan kilt was suspect! Funny old world.