Are these kilts?

[bubba]

And I have to echo Kilted Stuart's comments, everybody is being very polite on this (very often repeated) thread.

That's because by now we all have our responses down pat. Pretty soon we can ask "Question 14" "Answer 29"

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

That's because by now we all have our responses down pat. Pretty soon we can ask "Question 14" "Answer 29"

Bubba, you are right, and especially since it seems most replying on this thread are aware of the rules, and trying not to run afoul of the mods.

[eighties]

Who remembers the lyrics to the song the Scotsman?

"And ther behold for them to view beneath his Scottish skirt....."

I'm just glad we have so many choices. Kilts are now almost as diverse as the people who wear them. I'm proud to say that I have one utilikilt, two sport kilts, three different versions of Stillwater kilts and one Hector Russell. All of them are great and work well for their intended purpose. I will say that I do prefer the things that distinguish the kilt from just any old skirt.

-80s

[Nick]

I definitly consider my UKs and PK to be kilts. Here's an analogy I just thought up (I do make armour, after all!), Kevlar is the modern day equivalent of the suit of armour. Do Kevlar vests do the same job as a 15th c. German armour? No, they're for different situations. Do people still want and buy that German armour? Yes. Is one more expensive than the other? Heck yeah!

Okay, I know the analogy isn't perfect, but I found it humourous

[Panache]

That's because by now we all have our responses down pat. Pretty soon we can ask "Question 14" "Answer 29"

But look at who asks the questions. As long as X Marks the Scot keeps attracting new members (which is a very good thing) the question is going to pop up. Maybe this discussion has happened before. But I wasn't part of it. Maybe these question have been asked before, but perhaps not by he who asked it. I'm delighted that those who favor traditional kilts, those who favor modern kilts, and those of us who do both can all agree. Be they modern or traditional, they are all skirts...err kilts. I hope to see this question posted again by some else down the line. Somebody who was a newbie like I was earlier this year.

[CameronTaylor]

Good argument, though to be philosophically more accurate:

a) Hamish wears only kilts
b) Hamish wears UKs
c) UKs are kilts

In this form it is logically valid, but I fear premise a) begs the question that we already know what kilts are, hence it is circular.

So kilts are therefore circular ???


CT - lost and in need of beer ...

[BLAZN]

I doubt this forum would be as large or active (or as interesting) if it were not for Utilikilts. (A lot of you guys, myself included, got our start through the efforts of Utilikilts.)

Though I'd like to own one, I haven't a single Utilikilt. I got my start in kitl wearing by dressing up for Halloween. Then I carried it on when I realized the chicks dig men in kilts.

I don't live in the UK and I don't spell "color" and "honor" with a "u", but I believe most of you would agree that I speak English and not an "English-like langauge." :rolleyes:

[/QUOTE]

During my 2000 trip to London, I had one English lady at the National Art Gallery there in London inform me that we Yanks speak "American" and not "English." *shrugs* "American" is simply a dialect of "English," so I would say that a UK is simply a dialect of kilt.

[longshadows]

During my 2000 trip to London, I had one English lady at the National Art Gallery there in London inform me that we Yanks speak "American" and not "English." *shrugs* "American" is simply a dialect of "English," so I would say that a UK is simply a dialect of kilt.

"Dialect" is a linguistic term that refers to "a variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard." (The American Heritage Dictionary) So, while the term "dialect" is linguistic, we can safely use "variety" to describe variations in other things, like kilts, for example!

In the final assesment, "Variety is the spice of life"

mp

[Pour1Malt]

ai believe it wuz Mr Webster who tried very hard tae mak sure "American" was no "English"...

[Bob C]

ai believe it wuz Mr Webster who tried very hard tae mak sure "American" was no "English"...

Well, SOMEBODY had to sort out that mess!

Back on topic: I don't consider UKs and the like to be kilts at all. But, I also don't dispute the right of anyone else to call them kilts or to wear them.