Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
Question 12 Is the Kilt a “Pan-Celtic: garment?

The kilt is Scottish in its origins. The Scots created and wore the kilt. It is not a traditional Irish or any other Celtic cultures’ garment. However nowadays there are Welsh, Irish, Cornish, etc. tartans as well as variations on the traditional Scottish Kilt. So while it wasn’t a “Pan-Celtic” garment originally (the kilt is absolutely originally 100% Scottish.... Period....Has everyone got that? ) it is becoming one in our modern world
I suspect that those who find fault in this statement may also be the ones who look for tax loopholes when they file their returns....

I agree with this statement, because all nitpickingness aside, common parlance, and common understanding of the masses overrules the one-in-a-hundred specialist / historian / anthropologist who will go out of their way just to be antagonistic or to show off their knowledge and go to prove that this statement is incorrect.

This is not a thesis defense, people. To the common man, you show a photo of what's understood as a kilt and it WILL be associated with Scotland, and being of Scottish origin. The average joe just doesn't care as much as we might, whether the Scots were originally part of another region, or whether someone had tartan kilts before they did, or whether the whole thing originated in China! If you show up anywhere today wearing what looks like a tartan kilt, it (and you) will probably be connected to Scotland, whether you like it or not, and whether you choose to correct that assumption or not.

It's the whole "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck....." You may not LIKE that.... But that's the way it is.