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27th June 06, 05:53 AM
#1
A very hearty welcome to/from a fellow Scandinavian! 
Yepp, the origin of the word "kilt" is Old Norse as in the verb "kilt(r)e", meaning "to fold".
I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here - and don't worry too much about becoming addicted... 
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27th June 06, 06:48 AM
#2
Welcome to the addiction!!
be sure you do one thing...never get your rent money mixed in with your kilt fund, or you will surely be homeless next month!
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27th June 06, 07:10 AM
#3
Welcome,
Whatever the kilt deal really was, for sure your Vikings brought Viking blood to a lot of Island Scot families...including mine.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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27th June 06, 07:14 AM
#4
Welcome from Canton, OH., a drinking town with a football problem, and a growing rabble of kilties!
My wife is Scandanavian as well (nearly 100% Norwiegan) and if they didn't inspire the kilt, at least they still gave me her!
As others have said, welcome to the addiction, and happy kilting!
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27th June 06, 07:36 AM
#5
Welcome to X-Marks and the addiction. Or is it an all consuming obsession? :confused:
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27th June 06, 08:26 AM
#6
Welcome from Sunny California! In all truth I'm more Dane, Dutch, and German in my heritage than Scot and love hearing from people from that part of the world.
Cheers
Last edited by Panache; 27th June 06 at 08:39 AM.
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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27th June 06, 11:24 AM
#7
Welcome from Virginia USA to another kilted sci-fi fan. Congrats on your newly kiltedness and you may be interested in this thread just chatting about how many of us are sci-fi buffs.
Enjoy your time here. 
Dee
Ferret ad astra virtus
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27th June 06, 07:50 PM
#8
Welcome from another Virginian.
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.
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A belated thank you to you all that responded since last I was here. I haven't had access to a PC other than for checking mail since the 28th because of my vacation.
I'll see what happens about my idea about everything once I get my first real kilt. I managed to gain some weight while I was on vacation, so I'm definately going to try to lose some of that again before I order a custommade kilt of any kind 
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9th July 06, 06:43 AM
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Earlier this year I visited The Haithabu museum in Schleswig, and there was a model of an oarsman wearing a tunic, and bare legged.
There are arguments as to the extent to which some Vikings/Northmen went bare legged; which could be an argument for some such style of dress today in Scandinavia.
As for the word kilt, right throughout much of Scotland, as with northern England there are traces of Scandinavian in the local tongue, place names.
In my younger days I have heard the word kilt used in the following way 'kilted up', as a reference to a woman tucking her long skirts into her waistband so as to free her legs for walking/work. This suggests that the actual root-is in the expression 'fold': which would accord both with my example, and putting the pleats into a belted plaid.
James
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