I was out with my son for Canada Day which happens to coincide with International Tartan Day so of course we had two good reasons to be kilted beyond the normal good reasons and many great comments were uttered by revelers amongst themselves about his excellent attire, some of them even passed our way, but one stood out and has been perplexing me a little. One gent with a smile of admiration, an approving nod and I think I even detected a hint of a Scots accent seemed to support us with, "Nice sporran". Now I was just wearing my Buzz Kidder day sporran and my son a cheap Asian day sporran himself so I doubt he really admired that. I'm assuming this is Highland code for, "Nice kilt" without saying, "Nice kilt", because it's too close to, "Nice skirt" which might possibly be interpreted as a slight, or worse still, a come on. Am I right about this? Can someone please explain how or why this is used or how it came to be used? Was this an odd comment to hear?

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