"Where a man can wear a skirt proudly"

[switchblade5984]

remember kilts are skirts but not all skirts are kilts!

i have seen that ad in the bay area on 101 north!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Great marketing ploy. And most people will identify with it more readily.

And we are planning a trip to the UK soon, so maybe we will go through to Edinburgh! So it has accomplished its purpose of getting the word out.

[McClef]

Perhaps Americans don't see the precision of language the same as we do this side of the pond.

A Kilt is seen as a male garment and skirt is seen as a female garment. The fact that they may share certain characteristics does not make them equal or interchangeable as similies.

And I fear that people flying to Edinburgh on the strength of that ad could be disappointed at the scarcity of men in the streets actually wearing their "skirts with pride."

[chasem]

but a kilt is a skirt.

It's just a more tightly defined skirt for men ;)

[Ruanaidh]

.... a kilt is NOT a skirt!

but a kilt is a skirt.

Auuuuuggggghhhhhhh... not again. Please, not again.

[Freelander Sporrano]

Ok lads lets not go there again...Please

[chasem]

sorry

[David Thornton]

As the ad was designed for and shown in America, it is the American sence of the word that counts. And for the most part, Americans will automatically call it a skirt. Not malicious, reactionary.
It is a good ad and I hope it sparks interest in travel to Edinburgh.

David

[Martin S]

It would have been a far more serious offence to have written:
"Where a man can wear a KILT proudly"
since this would imply that, elsewhere, a kilt-wearer should be ashamed of himself.

Is there anyone out there that is ashamed of wearing an unbifurcated garment with such noble ancestry?

Surely not!

Martin in France