"I wear kilts," or "I wear the kilt." What do you say?

[SportBilly]

I haven't read the book in question, but it seems to me that the prefix 'the' would apply only if kilt is a proper noun wouldn't it?

[andyfg]

I haven't read the book in question, but it seems to me that the prefix 'the' would apply only if kilt is a proper noun wouldn't it?

I think that may be technically correct, though a proper noun usually starts with a capital letter. Yet, it seems by tradition "the kilt" has been the way to speak of more than one kilt. "Kilts" seems to have a more general appeal, though. I'm curious if any Xmarkers stick with the tradition, if it is such.