American tourists in Scotland

[Sir William]

...William said (I guess on a trip to Texas) he saw very few Texans wearing boots or cowboy hats. I guess it depends on where you are, ....

You're quite correct. I was in downtown San Antonio, but also got out to Del Rio, Fredericksburg and Boerne. I saw very few cowboy hats, though plenty of "ballcaps" and few "cowboy" boots, though plenty of workboots and dress shoes (in San Antonio).

The same goes for my point about kilts. On my two trips to Scotland I've seen very few kilts outside of clan gatherings. Most were being worn by tourist guides, pipers, and the occasional shopkeeper. At the one Highland Games I attended on the Isle of Skye, the only other kilted people I saw were in the bands (though there might have been some in the athletic competitions but I arrived too late to seem them).