Ghillie brogues - why the dislike and resentment..?

[OC Richard]

Americans, by and large, wear the kilt with an accent...

It's the same with music.

In the 1970s and 1980s I learned Irish flute.

Irish people who grew up listening to and playing with local players will play the flute (or fiddle or what have you) with the accent of their region.

I, learning in the US from a couple Irish players here but mainly from recordings (it was pre-internet) played each tune with the accent of the player I learned the tune from. This was as jarring to Irish ears as somebody who learned some of their words in a Dublin accent, some in a Derry accent, and so forth.

With Highland Dress I will say that when I started kiltwearing I was surrounded by a community Scottish men who had worn kilts their entire lives, pipers and fiddlers and RSCDS dancers and Clan Society members born and raised in Scotland.