Interesting information, Jock! I have to say the only thing that surprised me was the frequency that your friends all wear the kilt, with 100% of them wearing it at least monthly.

I was not, unfortunately, surprised that about half of them couldn't tell you whether their own kilt was pleated to stripe or sett. That has largely been my own experience over here, as well.

No surprise that 100% of respondents take note of how others wear the kilt. (Though I suppose we would do well to keep in mind that half of them apparently don't know the difference between pleating to stripe and sett!)

I suppose the questions about wearing the kilt outside of Scotland would be influenced by the fact that most, if not all, of these gentlemen live in Scotland, I assume. If I asked a similar group of Canadians "where would you normally wear the kilt" most would say Canada! Substitute in the US, or Australia, etc.

Now, it would be very interesting to see the responses to the same questions put these gentlemen's sons and grandsons!