I'm a poser?

[Tony]

This Native Scot Sez No.

[TheBlueCow]

Interesting. To be considered a "poser" you must be trying to "pose" as something you are not. Your friend's take on it seems to be that you are "posing" as being Scottish simply by wearing a kilt, but to me it seems as if you are not posing to be anything more than what you are - a kilt wearer - by wearing a kilt.

[Monkey@Arms]

Although I am not the one you asked, my first response is that you are indeed a poser, Sir, and you should give all your kilts to me! But fat lot of good that would do me. (For those that don't know, Alan is just a tiny bit bigger than I am.) I guess instead your penance should be to make me kilts with your remaining stock of fabrics.

Best regards

Jake

[Jock Scot]

Mind you, I ain't gonna tell HB3 that he's a poser! LOL.....I love watching him throw, he's the fastest professional, in the trig, and to my mind, really epitomizes the relationship between speed, grace and power.

But he has no Scottish ancestry, whatsoever, as far as I know. So is he a "poser" for competing in a Historically Scottish event?

As I understand it you are required to wear the kilt to compete in Highland games. This chap HB3 is competing,so he is not posing. For anyone with non clan connections then a non tartan kilt, service tartan kilts,state tartan kilts,general kilts. They all fit the bill well.

For you Alan you have Scottish roots ,so wearing a connected tartan is fine.Besides you have the choice of American tartans too. No posing there.

Should wear a kilt at all? Don't be so silly! Of course you should! If you want too.

[Kilted in Maine]

Poser Function: noun
Etymology: 1pose
Date: 1888

: a person who poses

Pose Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French poser, from Vulgar Latin *pausare, from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause
Date: 14th century

intransitive verb
1: to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes
2: to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress

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I do not think you are trying to deceive or impress anyone! - artistic purposes...hmmmm?



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[Alan H]

Mind you, this is purely an academic question. I know what I think of myself and Jims assessment of "poser" bothers me not in the slightest. He knows next to nothing about kilts, Scotland, the Games, anything beyond what your average reasonably-well educated American knows. To him tartan = clan = must be Scottish and anything else is either a band uniform, "posing", an athletes uniform, or a costume in a theatrical event.

That doesn't mean he's not a good guy, he's primarily a friend from another, entirely different part of my life.

[Bugbear]

Alan, just be thankful he said it to your face. I have a few family members who are polite and friendly to someone, and the second that person is out of ear shot, you hear the "true colors" come out; think Archy Bunker times a thousand...

It doesn't sound like your friend has a bitter, hate-filled heart.

[Rex_Tremende]

I'm sure your friend is a nice guy, and I'm not trying to bash him when I say that it just sounds like narrow thinking to me, when there are so many other ways to describe people. You could be a fancier, a free spirit, an iconoclast, comfortable, paying homage, rebel, true to yourself, experimental, going through a phase, enjoying a newfound affinity ... whatever...

But to be stuck on only one possible explanation when so many alternate explanations (as though you needed one) may exist, well, that sounds a little stubborn to me. Or maybe he's considered them and doesn't believe any of them, or can't fathom them, or is goading you, or ....

Regards,
Rex.

[dfmacliam]

People are critical about things they do not know or understand, I think it's just human nature for some.
next time someone asks you if you have the "heritage" to dress that way.. You tell them it doesn't matter, Jock Scot told you it was ok and it was no business of theirs....LOL

And for excuses.... I am going through a "phase" been going through it for the last 47 years and I don't plan on changing that anytime soon. LOL

[Dan R Porter]

I would call HB3 a poser...then run like mad.