District Tartans?

[The Wizard of BC]

We here on X Marks know more about Tartans and Kilts than the general public at large anywhere. N. America, or Scotland.
During my recent Scottish visit I found Scots to be just as ignorant and disinterested in Tartans and Kilts as the people of my home and adopted countries.
The vast majority of Scots I met, and talked to, were just like those on this side of the pond. They did not own a Kilt. They will probably never wear one. They did not know what "their" Tartan looked like, and would not have known the difference in a Box Pleat v.s. a knife pleat, District Tartan v.s. Clan Tartan.
And didn't care.
To most of the Scots I talked to, the Kilt was either something from a history book or something those crazy tourists buy.

So Jock is correct that District Tartan are "irrelevant" to Scots. So are Kilts.
What we members of X Marks sometimes forget is that, to the vast majority of the world a Kilt is something they have only seen in a book, on TV, or in a parade. It simply isn't something that is part of their world.

[Jock Scot]

We here on X Marks know more about Tartans and Kilts than the general public at large anywhere. N. America, or Scotland.
During my recent Scottish visit I found Scots to be just as ignorant and disinterested in Tartans and Kilts as the people of my home and adopted countries.
The vast majority of Scots I met, and talked to, were just like those on this side of the pond. They did not own a Kilt. They will probably never wear one. They did not know what "their" Tartan looked like, and would not have known the difference in a Box Pleat v.s. a knife pleat, District Tartan v.s. Clan Tartan.
And didn't care.
To most of the Scots I talked to, the Kilt was either something from a history book or something those crazy tourists buy.

So Jock is correct that District Tartan are "irrelevant" to Scots. So are Kilts.
What we members of X Marks sometimes forget is that, to the vast majority of the world a Kilt is something they have only seen in a book, on TV, or in a parade. It simply isn't something that is part of their world.

I can't help but agree. With one exception,the Highlands and particularly the Western Highlands and some of the islands, would be more knowledgeable about the kilt than the rest of Scotland.