What does the "dicing" mean?

**macwilkin** · 21st September 07, 04:47 AM

Originally Posted by MacWage

I've seen it referenced in several books, inc. all the relevant Osprey books. They wore leggings, with the question of whether they were "above the knee" socks, actual pants, or leggings like those worn by bikers over jeans (which get several names, usually called "chaps").

John -- they were wool Indian leggings. See the oft-quoted Reid's 18th Century Highlanders for Mike Chappel's depiction of a 42nd Highlander in campaign dress during the French & Indian War.

T.

**MacWage** · 21st September 07, 05:36 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

John -- they were wool Indian leggings. See the oft-quoted Reid's 18th Century Highlanders for Mike Chappel's depiction of a 42nd Highlander in campaign dress during the French & Indian War.

T.

Yep. I have read/been told differing accounts as to their length (ie-> what was UNDER the kilt and not seen in period illustrations).

My PERSONAL belief, and the most logical and probable is that is is an out-and-out adoption of native leggings (as Todd said), for protection from the prickly bushes and plants. The "question" was mentioned because I've read/hear different. I agree with Todd.

**kiltedsawyer** · 21st September 07, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Panache

But Tinky Winky is not really in the same league as say the pink triangle symbol for Gay Identity, where something has been adopted from it's original context to become a universal symbol of a particular group.

Catching up on this very interesting thread I came upon Panache's observation of the pink triangle whose symbolism I always thought interesting as it was a symbol assigned to homosexuals by the Nazi's and then adopted by the gay community, ( although reoriented to point up rather than down,) as if it were a symbol of endurance or victory, over the Nazi oppression. Or perhaps it was adopted as a "lest we forget" symbol. I can't help but wonder if this sort of adoption of the other side's symbols has any bearing on the dicing vs non-dicing issue as it seems to go back and forth, (or am I just confused.) Off topic, I've always wondered why those opposed to the confederate battle flag didn't adopt the symbol as their own, lest their struggles and oppression be forgotten. One symbol two different meanings.

**Colin** · 21st September 07, 10:35 AM

Let's not get into the meaning of other symbols okay guys. Let's try and stay off topic and leave the relevance of the teletubbies and their head symbols or confederate flags for another forum.

Cheers.

**Archangel** · 21st September 07, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Colin

Let's not get into the meaning of other symbols okay guys. Let's try and stay off topic and leave the relevance of the teletubbies and their head symbols or confederate flags for another forum.

Cheers.

I picked up a NYPD tshirt in May, 2001. It was fun to wear it. After 9/11, it wasn't funny anymore. I'm about ready to start wearing it again. I don't think anybody will notice what the symbol meant to me.

I saw a "Remember Serenity Valley" item that I thought was cool. Moved as I was, it really is just fiction. It seems irreverent to me to commemorate a fictional battle. I don't think too many people will understand my view of that symbol.

My point is that many symbols carry personal meanings and that baggage sometimes gets passed on without any explanation. The next group tries to figure out why it was so important when maybe it wasn't so important at all.

One history book on Pagan Celtic Britain has a long study on a drawing of a naked woman carved into a rock face. It goes through a long and detailed study of fertility cults and practices but summarizes that it may have simply been created by a bored soldier on guard duty.