Where Do I Come From?

[macwilkin]

Actually, I am trying to learn to play the bagpipes. What I was meaning to say was that it would be nice to wear a kilt - just because.

Good on ya for learning the pipes; I'm not sure if taking them up would help or hurt my asthma.

Honestly, though...most folks admire pipers and especially their work -- think of the many police, firefighters, military, etc. who are laid to rest to the sound of the pipes -- at least they are thinking of your kilt in an overall positive light.

It sure beats "nice skirt".

T.

[macwilkin]

And what I meant was that far too many people know kilts as those plaid things that Groundskeeper Willie wears, and therefore they can have trouble recognizing a solid color kilt as being a kilt.

Remember, sir, that to some of us, those "plaid things" you refer to symbolize our heritage & family, past and present.

I have no problem with solid colour kilts; I quite admire the Irish saffron and green kilts, as well as tweed ones. The more modern styles -- well, they're not for me, but if others want to wear them, then good on 'em. My mother always taught me that if you want respect, you must give it first.

Different horses for courses and all that.

T.

[Kid Cossack]

Frankly, I've never really understood why some folks get so bent out of shape when folks associate their kilts with pipers & the pipes. I consider it to be a compliment to be mistaken for someone who has spent a great deal of time, blood, sweat and tears to play an instrument that has led men in to battle, and comforted the widow and orphan, not to mentioned outlawed as an "instrument of war".

Regards,

Todd

Todd:

It's a question of semantics, but I saw it as a matter of people NOT associating tweed or solid kilts with the tartan and the bagpipes. I'm entirely in agreement that the association with bagpipes is one of the many cool things about the kilt. Some of us have had people argue that we were "beskirted" when out in tweed kilts, that's all!

[Makeitstop]

Remember, sir, that to some of us, those "plaid things" you refer to symbolize our heritage & family, past and present.

I have no problem with solid colour kilts; I quite admire the Irish saffron and green kilts, as well as tweed ones. The more modern styles -- well, they're not for me, but if others want to wear them, then good on 'em. My mother always taught me that if you want respect, you must give it first.

Different horses for courses and all that.

T.

I didn't mean you or anyone else on this site, but rather people who know next to nothing about kilts. And it wasn't that long ago that I was one of them. I probably should have put the "those plaid things" bit in quotation marks, because I was just trying to convey the way a lot of people think of kilts.

[macwilkin]

I didn't mean you or anyone else on this site, but rather people who know next to nothing about kilts. And it wasn't that long ago that I was one of them. I probably should have put the "those plaid things" bit in quotation marks, because I was just trying to convey the way a lot of people think of kilts.

Very good then...I didn't read your post closely enough. Apologies for that.

T.

[Riverkilt]

With the background you already know, I think you'll find what a boon computer technology has been to the field of genealogy. Genealogy is an easy field to become addicted to, but like kilts, a lot of fun. Who knows what clans be lurking in your family tree if you go exploring from your current knowledge base.

Ron

[keltic falcon]

http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=sutton

[macwilkin]

http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=sutton

This is a "bucket shop" that sells "family crests" (no such creature!) and generalized "family histories".

I would consult a more reliable source.


T.