A call to regulate the term "kilt"

[morrison]

That article I believe was way humoring of our affinity to categorize things. It was an excellent jab in the ribs. The Mercedes name on the Mercedes Benz could mean that the automobile mfgr is not truly German, but, a hybrid of a sort because the name Mercedes is a spanish derivative!

Ergo according to the owner of the quote's ideas:
Newsome - made by hand, of true tartan, to the wearer's measurements.. this is a garment.
Tewksbury - made by hand, of true tartan, to the wearer's measurements.. this is a garment.


As to the cars just because a Rolls has hand formed aluminum panels and burled walnut dash does not mean higher quality*. Having owned VW's it was a dependable car that required little maintenance and was cheap to run. The highest recorded mileage was 1,000,000 kms on the original engine. One could buy how many Beetles for the price of one RR? Price alone, country of manufacturer should ever be an indication of quality. Likewise by country of origin, Germany (Karl Benz) not England was regarded as the birth place of the petrol-engined automoble. And where was today's kilt invented? How many report that the modern kilt was actually invented in England, by n Englishman. Imagine the fallout if any kilt not made in England is not considered a kilt?
*With respect to Rollerboy 1975.

http://www.cyberparent.com/wheels/mercedes.htm

Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz were born only 60 miles apart in southern Germany. Daimler was born March 17, 1834. A decade later, on November 25, Carl Benz was born.

Although they grew up with little in common, both boys were fascinated by machines from an early age. Because their approach to building cars was quite different, it is doubtful, though, that they met or even knew what the other was doing.

In 1886, Carl Benz built a motorized tricycle. His first four-wheeler, the Victoria, was built in 1893. The first production car was the 1894 Benz Velo which participated in the first recorded car race, the Paris-Rouen race. In 1895, Benz built his first truck.

In 1886, Gottlieb Daimler literally built a horseless carriage. In 1888 Daimler made a business deal with William Steinway (of piano fame) to produce Daimler's products in the US. From 1904 until a fire in 1907, Steinway produced Mercedes passenger cars, Daimler's light trucks, and his engines on Long Island.

Ironically, history says Daimler, generally considered to be the father of modern automobiles never liked to drive, if, indeed he ever learned to drive. On March 6, 1990, Daimler died, leaving control of his company to his chief engineer Wilhelm Mayback.

By November 22 of that year, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschat had produced a special car for Emil Jellinek. Jellinek named the car after his ten-year-old daughter Mercedes. Lighter and smaller, the new Mercedes had 35 hp and a top speed of 55 mph!

[jordanjm]

I agree with Matt.

[Rex_Tremende]

Unilever may have trademarked Vaseline®, but when you're in a pinch, who says, "Please pass the petroleum jelly"?

[Pleater]

I can't see how this can be resolved - in English 'kilt' is a verb as well as a noun, and it is simply too general an idea for it to be regulated.

Now describing the kilt according to its origins and method of manufacture should pose no problems and would hopefully help to explain its nature and why it is priced so high or low, so assisting the possible purchaser in knowing what the money will bring to his wardrobe.

Pinning down the term kilt is, I think, beyond a court or any legislation.

Even here we have the term tank to help identify a particular form of the garment.

[RockyR]

post deleted... points already covered...

[scoutniagara]

I feel the exact same way! I love laughing at them!

Go ahead, laugh at me, but I wouldn't ever laugh at you because you couldn't afford a "Hand-made, Scottish wool kilt". Grant kids me about wearing my pyjamas when in one of my SKs, but I don't wear a $700 Cdn. garment to do my weekly shopping, take the dogs for a walk or run errands about town.

I have nine kilts now, and only one is a 13 oz. hand-sewn Scottish wool kilt, but it was made by Margaret Struth in Barrie, Ontario. Is it a kilt?

Oh, but is a 13 oz. wool kilt a kilt? How heavy should the wool be for it to be a true kilt? 16 oz? Oh dear, what will come to be of the tartan mills who are weaving PV materials for kilt making? They may have to lay off employees 'cause you can't make "kilts" from PV material?

[Raphael]

Mean while, The Italian government is busy passing law to regulate pizza; if it is not hand made in Italy, it is not pizza......

[Panache]

Mean while, The Italian government is busy passing law to regulate pizza; if it is not hand made in Italy, it is not pizza......

While we are at it I'm getting tired about all this nonsense about people ordering "Chocolate Martinis" and such in bars. By Federal law only Gina and Vodka Martinis, Gibsons, and Dirty Martinis should be allowed to use the word "Martini" in their name...

Why there outta be a law...

Cheers

Jamie

(Says Panache who thinks this is the first post he has written that works for both XMTS and "The Pub". And who thinks a Gibson sounds like a grand idea at this point in time...)

[ccga3359]

While we are at it I'm getting tired about all this nonsense about people ordering "Chocolate Martinis" and such in bars. By Federal law only Gina and Vodka Martinis, Gibsons, and Dirty Martinis should be allowed to use the word "Martini" in their name...

Why there outta be a law...

Cheers

Jamie

(Says Panache who thinks this is the first post he has written that works for both XMTS and "The Pub". And who thinks a Gibson sounds like a grand idea at this point in time...)

I once dated an Italian girl named Gina Martini.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

All right, who is this Gina? And what is my husband doing with her?! And why would he ever want a cast off of Grant's anyway!?

Be well,