Kilt versu Kilts

**Mael Coluim** · 28th February 08, 07:03 PM

Most of us would agree that the plural of deer is deer. The same is with beer. There really is no plural beers. But what about the plural of kilt?

According to Wikipedia the plural of kilt is kilt.

**beloitpiper** · 28th February 08, 07:30 PM

When you have a lot of them, you'd say "Look at all of those kilts" but when referring to it, but asking a person if they wear them, you don't say "Do you wear kilts?" you say "Do you wear the kilt?"

At least, that's how I think of it.

**Riverkilt** · 28th February 08, 08:23 PM

Cactus Cacti......Kilt Kilti....

Ron

**ChattanCat** · 28th February 08, 08:25 PM

kilt, kilted...

**Coemgen** · 28th February 08, 09:01 PM

Octopusses or octopi?

**SteveB** · 28th February 08, 09:26 PM

I wear a kilt, I have many a kilt, I have a closet of kilt. Hamish has a house full of kilt. I guess.
---- Steve

**Makeitstop** · 29th February 08, 02:47 AM

When referring to them universally, it is the kilt. When referring to them in the particular, its kilts.

"I love wearing the kilt." or "Which of these kilts do you like better?"

**JakobT** · 29th February 08, 03:37 AM

This is how the word is listed in MSN Encarta:

kilt [ kilt ] (plural kilts)

noun
Definition:

Scottish garment: a knee-length wraparound tartan garment that is part of the traditional Scottish highland dress for men and is also worn by women and girls

[Mid-18th century. < dialect kilt "tuck up, gird" < N Germanic]

kilt·ed adjective

**McClef** · 29th February 08, 04:00 AM

I don't know who these "traditionalists" (cited on the Wiki article) are.

Maybe they only have one to begin with!

But using kilt as a plural sounds wrong in many contexts.

If you say "the Tartan Army were wearing their kilt" or "my wardrobe has 24 kilt" it just doesn't convey the plural at all.