wearing other family tartan rather than your own

[Jock Scot]

Rocky you are quite right, but I think it is this cultural difference that leads to international misunderstandings, particularly on the internet. Although not exclusively so!

During the battle of the Imjin River in the Korean War the British Gloucestershire Regiment(Glorious Glosters)comprising of some 600 men were surrounded by 60,000 irate Chinese and after fending off the attacking forces for many hours the American General in command of the whole area asked over the radio the very British Colonel(Colonel Carne VC)how things were going? "....well sir things are a bit tricky...." replied the Colonel. In this case the understanding of a common language completely failed! No one's fault and I stress that, but an important position and lives was needlessly lost.

So just so every one knows: "....its just not done...." is a very British way of "firing a warning shot VERY close to the bows" and is a very pointed, but charmingly put way of saying "you can if you want BUT I wouldn't if I were you!"---meaning; "if you want to look a lemon then go ahead!". And as we are talking Scots attire here and the question was about conventions about Scots attire, well..........