Are these kilts?

[Sylvain]

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.

And why aren't they kilts for you?

[Tartan Hiker]

Uh oh...here we go....

Just keep repeating...."I will never turn to the dark side..."

[Caradoc]

And why aren't they kilts for you?

Of what possible importance is the question?

If someone wants to call a towel and a hank of yarn a kilt, whose place is it to argue with them yea or nay?

[Rex_Tremende]

Of what possible importance is the question?

Perhaps to better understand another's point of view? Seems a worthwhile endeavor to me.

If the question were asked in a different way, say, "What beliefs, experiences, motivations, and expectations cause some people to define a kilt in narrow terms, and others more broadly," would that help?

However, as others have pointed out, this topic seems to come up often enough, so a review of past threads might be a starting point for Sylvain. Can anyone supply some starting points?

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

[flairball]

Good suggestion Rex.

My question is who cares? If UKs, AK, and other non-trads make it easier, and more acceptable to wear a kilt, traditional or other, than accept them and be glad that some one with different taste is making your life a bit easier.

[Pittsburgh Kilts]

Come on, Bob C! Let's say you walk into a strange bar and see me in a black & gold Pittsburgh Kilt, and 20 guys in jeans. You gonna come sit by me and have a beer, or you going to go over and sit by Joe Trousers? Sure, you're a rabbit and I'm a hare, but we're both lagomorphs! Why do you want to keep me out of your little club?

[andyfg]

So kilts are therefore circular ???


CT - lost and in need of beer ...

Yes, you wrap them round your waste in a kind of circle . . .

[Mithral]

As I've grown up a bit these past few years I care less and less if someone decides to refer to my kilt as a skirt. A belted plaid is definitely a blanket, but the modern kilt is very much a skirt-ish garment.

And I don't have time to deal with people who call it a skirt trying to get a rise out of me. There are better reasons to start a fight.

[Edit to stay on topic]: I consider UKs and other sorts of non-traditional kilts to be just that, non-traditional kilts. I know people who think they wouldn't want to wear tartan, but would very happily wear a UK.

[Bob C]

Come on, Bob C! Let's say you walk into a strange bar and see me in a black & gold Pittsburgh Kilt, and 20 guys in jeans. You gonna come sit by me and have a beer, or you going to go over and sit by Joe Trousers? Sure, you're a rabbit and I'm a hare, but we're both lagomorphs! Why do you want to keep me out of your little club?

I don't want to keep anyone out. It's only nomenclature.

Besides, if I walked into a bar and saw you in a black and gold PK, my first thought would be that you were one of those bandwagon Steelers fans who have sprung up, lately!

[GTRMAN]

Of what possible importance is the question?

If someone wants to call a towel and a hank of yarn a kilt, whose place is it to argue with them yea or nay?

Without change, there can be no progress...


Are bluejeans trousers?

Why wouldn't a UK or AK be a kilt? Because it's not tartan?