Who does and doesn't call it a skirt.

[IrishGodfather]

[QUOTE=Jack Daw;551165]There's a female colleague at work who refuses to call it anything but a skirt. We don't care for one another, as you might imagine, despite the fact that she is very Irish-American.[QUOTE]


Thats sad she is so stubborn to not call it a kilt, but then again we Irish are stubborn. I think even if you're not Scottish, if you have Celtic blood you should be respectful of the Kilt. I mean as we all know, the Scots were an Irish tribe originally, so I think the Scots and the Irish should be proud to be Celtic.

[sharpdressedscot]

[QUOTE=IrishGodfather;551171][QUOTE=Jack Daw;551165]There's a female colleague at work who refuses to call it anything but a skirt. We don't care for one another, as you might imagine, despite the fact that she is very Irish-American.

Thats sad she is so stubborn to not call it a kilt, but then again we Irish are stubborn. I think even if you're not Scottish, if you have Celtic blood you should be respectful of the Kilt. I mean as we all know, the Scots were an Irish tribe originally, so I think the Scots and the Irish should be proud to be Celtic.

Exactly, man!


I still have problems with my dad, but that's it. I don't get no comments with the public, a few nods and second turns but that's it.

[Galb]

The only time my blood boiled was when a 20-something suggested I did something perverse with a sheep. He almost had his face meet my knee.

You should've responded with a "Yeah, your mother makes the same noise. I can see how it would easily confuse you. ;)"

[Caddy One]

When a person tries to make a smart comment about my kilt.....I usually do not respond....I just keep walking or whatever I am doing.......and this is a very hard thing for me to do.....But I do find that these off the wall commnents usually occur when that person is trying to impress his/her friends......I very seldom have a person make a negative comment when we are on a one to one situation....Go Figure.....:beer::beer:

[Kiltman]

To my ear the comment about a skirt sounds different from a woman than from a man. Yes, the guys are just too uptight and can't handle a kilt. The women don't seem to have that problem about my skirt or kilt, they just use the word that comes to mind. I don't mind either one.

[Standard]

A comment of skirt said in ignorance is forgivable, said for spite is another thing altogether. That being said, about the only on who calls my kilt a skirt is my brother-in-law, and I know he is just doing it to be ornery since my wife's family is Irish.

I did receive a pat on the shoulder and a very nice comment from an older (to me anyway) lady at breakfast at our hotel saturday morning of the Highland Games last weekend in Chicago when she told me she really liked my kilt as she and her friend walked past our table. It brightened my already cheerful day to have such a nice comment so early in the day.

[Finn]

Last negative comment was from an overweight slutty teen girl who called it a skirt.

[McClef]

ALthough no doubt some think it's an insult to use the word skirt the kilt is, by its design, one form of skirt.

It goes round the waist and covers the trunk and a portion of the legs as all skirts do. But though all kilts are skirts not all skirts are kilts and its masculinity is in no way diminished.

Much more insulting is when people call a kilt a dress, except of course, in the context of National Dress.

[ardchoille]

I received compliments from women. It doesn't matter if they are alone or in a group of women, it has always been a compliment.

I've noticed that lone men don't usually make comments at all unless it's another kilted man and then it's usually a compliment.

The only "insults" I've received are from men in groups. I suppose they feel the need to "look good" in front of their buddies.

[Alaskan Kilted Guy]

From Webster's dictionary:

Main Entry: 1skirt
Pronunciation: \ˈskərt\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta shirt, kirtle — more at shirt
Date: 14th century
1 a (1): a free-hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down (2): a separate free-hanging outer garment or undergarment usually worn by women and girls covering some or all of the body from the waist down


Main Entry: kilt
Function: noun
Date: circa 1730
1 : a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies
2 : a garment that resembles a Scottish kilt


I don't worry if folks call it a skirt... .it is. I worry about tone of voice, are they being jerks about it? Are they being sincere and not aware of the more correct term? Usually I just say...Thanks!!