What Makes a Kilt Formal?

[fluter]

"Yank" is what folks from the UK and the Commonwealth call Americans, regardless of where they're from.

and the guy who said it, a native southerner, hopes he did not give offense. For all I knew, you could have been from Queensland or Mississippi; but I thought you were USian. I'm a Yank and a southerner, which some of my co-regionalists find troublesome terminology.

OBTW the Outlander series starts 1940's and 1740's, and later there's a bit in the 1960's and another shift to 18th century 1760's/70's.

It might be the young fellow from the 20th century with the "formal kilt." If so, I'd say that the author meant a full-blown tank. He's a musician, and wore a nice kilt for gigs.

On the 1700's side, mention is made of plaids and kilts as I recall.