Apprpriate dress for ceremonial occasion

[Father Bill]

CMcG - best contribution yet! It gives information without getting emotional. Well done.

[CMcG]

CMcG - best contribution yet! It gives information without getting emotional. Well done.

Thanks! This is definitely a touchy subject from a variety of perspectives... Farmer Jones inadvertently kicked a hornets nest and I wanted to offer a bit of informational salve to all who got stung

[TheOfficialBren]

CMcG - best contribution yet! It gives information without getting emotional. Well done.

Agreed. Well said, Colin! I, for one, apologise if I contributed any bad joo-joo to the discussion.

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I agree about a.muted tweed kilt-cut jacket.

[Jock Scot]

I believe that you wrote "but it is not longer just a Scottish national dress" in an earlier post so I see no malice or misinterpretation in accepting that this is exactly what you meant to say.
Whether or not you choose to wear a kilt to some ceremonial event in your own country is entirely a matter for you and no-one here is in any way trying to pick a fight or exclude you so please do not be so precious about this. Your assertion that the kilt is no longer just a Scottish national dress is not only incorrect, however, but is also deeply offensive to those of us born and raised in that culture. Many here previously have tried to "pooh-pooh" our claim to the kilt as a national symbol, for whatever reason, mostly I think to justify some spurious reason of theirs to legitimately wear a kilt, so if you receive a strong rebuttal then you will certainly know that you are not being picked upon.

I have run out of aye's, so a huge PLUS ONE!

[Hopper250]

I believe that you wrote "but it is not longer just a Scottish national dress" in an earlier post so I see no malice or misinterpretation in accepting that this is exactly what you meant to say.
Whether or not you choose to wear a kilt to some ceremonial event in your own country is entirely a matter for you and no-one here is in any way trying to pick a fight or exclude you so please do not be so precious about this. Your assertion that the kilt is no longer just a Scottish national dress is not only incorrect, however, but is also deeply offensive to those of us born and raised in that culture. Many here previously have tried to "pooh-pooh" our claim to the kilt as a national symbol, for whatever reason, mostly I think to justify some spurious reason of theirs to legitimately wear a kilt, so if you receive a strong rebuttal then you will certainly know that you are not being picked upon.

I intended to read and learn in this, but you are mistaken Phil. Farmer Jones never said that. The person who said that was theOfficialbren. I understand your concerns however they are misdirected.

[Jock Scot]

It is an empty gasoline can from my perspective...

Even fumes can be tricky!

[TheOfficialBren]

I intended to read and learn in this, but you are mistaken Phil. Farmer Jones never said that. The person who said that was theOfficialbren. I understand your concerns however they are misdirected.

No I didn't. Don't put words in my mouth.

[Jock Scot]

You did momentarily have me questioning something I have seen done for many years, so I phoned the Legion headquarters and asked. You have to remember, this is Canada, not Australia. Your ways may not be our ways. The kilt may have started as a Scottish national dress, and been exported by the diaspora, but it is not longer just a Scottish national dress, as it has been adopted as a method of showing honour in many other places.

Hopper250.

Well Farmer Jones certainly said it.

[Liam]

I believe that you wrote "but it is not longer just a Scottish national dress" in an earlier post so I see no malice or misinterpretation in accepting that this is exactly what you meant to say.
Whether or not you choose to wear a kilt to some ceremonial event in your own country is entirely a matter for you and no-one here is in any way trying to pick a fight or exclude you so please do not be so precious about this. Your assertion that the kilt is no longer just a Scottish national dress is not only incorrect, however, but is also deeply offensive to those of us born and raised in that culture. Many here previously have tried to "pooh-pooh" our claim to the kilt as a national symbol, for whatever reason, mostly I think to justify some spurious reason of theirs to legitimately wear a kilt, so if you receive a strong rebuttal then you will certainly know that you are not being picked upon.

Phil... I doubt anyone here would ever suggest that the kilt is not a Scottish symbol. Why people of non-Scottish heritage choose to wear it has always been a mystery to me. But please get over the issue of the kilt being unique to Scotland. That may have been true 2 - 300 years ago, before amongst other things the highland clearances exported Scots to other parts of the world. This forum is living evidence.

[Hopper250]

Hopper250.

Well Farmer Jones certainly said it.

I stand corrected.