One for the native Scots

[tpa]

Hehehehehe!! Good shot Sir!! I'd have loved to have seen that exchange. And I concur with your Daily Mail /Telegraph reader analogy. Those papers are best avoided. Bigoted and sensationalist rags the pair of 'em.

Don't know what you have got against the Mail and the Telegraph, they are as useful as any other paper when you are caught short in the loo. I think bigoted and sensationalist are adjectives which apply to almost all news papers; I have not bought one for some years.

[Calgacus]

When I was somewhat younger I read the Sunday Post, but only the 'Oor Wullie' page.

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Once I was old enough to form my own opinions I dispensed with newspapers entirely.

[Phil]

Don't know what you have got against the Mail and the Telegraph, they are as useful as any other paper when you are caught short in the loo. I think bigoted and sensationalist are adjectives which apply to almost all news papers; I have not bought one for some years.

Somebody once told me that Mail readers fervently wish Britain still had an Empire whereas Telegraph readers think we still have one. The comments following any Scotland-related article have to be read to be believed.

[English Bloke]

Somebody once told me ...

Phil, Rest assured, neither of those papers, or their vociferous and unsavoury readers comments, represent the way I view the world.

[TheOfficialBren]

Don't know what you have got against the Mail and the Telegraph, they are as useful as any other paper when you are caught short in the loo. I think bigoted and sensationalist are adjectives which apply to almost all news papers; I have not bought one for some years.

Precisely! And if Fox and CNN were in print media I could laugh at the funny, short-sighted, ignorant vitriol...and then put their drivel to its intended use. Lol.

Good one, mate!

[Lime]

I've certainly never had anything more than polite interest when wearing the kilt to a wedding in England and I've rarely been the only one kilted (which is probably a result of having Scottish family and friends so inevitably being invited to weddings where there is, at least, a Scottish connection).

I would never even think of asking the Bride and Groom what they wanted me to wear if I am a "mere" guest (unless there is a stipulation in the invitation which needs clarification or some confusion over the level of formality expected): i.e. "Do I need to dust off the old spongebag trousers and topper for this little shindig?" not "would you mind terribly if I wore my kilt?".

That said I probably wouldn't wear the kilt if I didn't really know them that well... and probably would politely decline the invitation unless there was some compelling reason that it had to be accepted (ie. such and such hotel does a stonking prawn cocktail in a glass/trio of melon starter/fruits of the forest gateau)!

I would just dress appropriately according to all of the information at my disposal but this applies whether kilted or not.