Wearing a kilt but not being Scottish

**rollerboy_1979** · 19th August 08, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer

Just lie.

As a person with absolutely zero Scot in my bloodline, I say wear the kilt and enjoy it. When people ask me if I'm Scot, and I say "No, Italian", they usually look at me like I've got a screw loose. After they get over the shock, I just tell them that the Romans invaded Scotland B.C., so there has to be a connection! They'll usually laugh and get over it, but sometimes, if I'm just tired of explaining my love of the kilt, I just lie! I tell them, "Yes, a little on my mother's side". Sometimes, it's just easier!

Kilt On!

RB

**CDNSushi** · 19th August 08, 06:28 PM

Indeed. That's why I really LOVE the answer proposed on page 1 of this thread. Happened to me the other day whilst kilted.

"Are you Scottish?"

"Nope. Not at all."

"And you're wearing a kilt...?"

"Do you wear blue jeans?"

"uhh. Yeah. Why?"

"Are you a cowboy?"

"Touche."

Depending on my mood, I may also point out the argument that UK has on their website: "If women had an appendage between their legs, I can virtually guarantee you that they would not be wearing pants."

Originally Posted by rollerboy_1979

As a person with absolutely zero Scot in my bloodline, I say wear the kilt and enjoy it. When people ask me if I'm Scot, and I say "No, Italian", they usually look at me like I've got a screw loose. After they get over the shock, I just tell them that the Romans invaded Scotland B.C., so there has to be a connection! They'll usually laugh and get over it, but sometimes, if I'm just tired of explaining my love of the kilt, I just lie! I tell them, "Yes, a little on my mother's side". Sometimes, it's just easier!

Kilt On!

RB

**KiltedBrewer** · 14th August 08, 10:15 AM

The "Are you Scottish?" question always makes me laugh. I used to tend bar in an Irish pub and I had lots of customers come up and tell me they were Irish. I always said, "Wow, you don't have an accent at all! How long ago did you move to the states?" (Of course I knew they weren't from Ireland.) I wasn't trying to make fun of them, just point out that it's silly (in my opinion) to claim to be from a country you're generations removed from.

The point is, I have Scottish blood. Am I Scottish? No. I was born and raised in Wisconsin. I'm no more Scottish than I am any other nationality than American. But I do wear the kilt because it's the most comfortable thing I've ever worn.

My two cents. (Probably only worth 1 1/2 cents!)

**meinfs** · 14th August 08, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Monkey@Arms

There are Asian kilt members on this forum. For some good pics check out this thread."

When people ask if I'm Scottish (I'm not), depending on my mood I sometimes reply: "only from the waist down," or explain that the only thing Scottish in my blood came from a bottle.

Best regards,

Jake

Excellent link. Thank you Jake!

I also remember a DIY kilt made by an XMTS member shinchan The name sounds asian but the pics don't have the face visible.

**Galician** · 14th August 08, 10:35 AM

I want to welcome you to the forum, and point out that I have no Scottish blood, but wore a kilt to a good friend's wedding.

You can see the photo from that event in my personal album here.

**meinfs** · 14th August 08, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Galician

You can see the photo from that event in my personal album here.

Pardon, Galician but where can I find your photo album.

**Thunderbolt** · 19th August 08, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by meinfs

***Anybody who has pictures of Asian men in Kilts, please PM me or post here - so I can send it all to my friend so he can get used to it. *** [Maybe somebody could start a thread on "Kilted Asians" :-]

Here's a picture of the 10th Singapore Boys Brigade Pipes & Drums. I know of them, because thay wear my Clans tartan. We are proud of them for doing so.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/523/dscf24067tt.jpg

And good on you for having the courage to wear your kilt!

T.

Edit: Here's also a link to the Red Rose of Lochbuie, a pipe band in the Neatherlands....doubt many of them are Scottish either...

http://www.redroseoflochbuie.nl/

**Carolina Kiltman** · 27th August 08, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt

Here's a picture of the 10th Singapore Boys Brigade Pipes & Drums. I know of them, because thay wear my Clans tartan. We are proud of them for doing so.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/523/dscf24067tt.jpg

And good on you for having the courage to wear your kilt!

T.

Edit: Here's also a link to the Red Rose of Lochbuie, a pipe band in the Neatherlands....doubt many of them are Scottish either...

http://www.redroseoflochbuie.nl/

From another MoL member, I remember reading somewhere that the Red Rose of Lochbuie is the official pipe band of the Clan. BTW our chief lives in South Africa, not Scotland. I'm sure there is a story there, but I do not know it.

**O'Callaghan** · 27th August 08, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Carolina Kiltman

From another MoL member, I remember reading somewhere that the Red Rose of Lochbuie is the official pipe band of the Clan. BTW our chief lives in South Africa, not Scotland. I'm sure there is a story there, but I do not know it.

The chief of the O'Callaghans lives in Spain! In fact he's also a Spanish 'Don' as well as the head of an Irish clan at the same time, so he's both Irish and Spanish nobility. The next time you pass a Carlos O'Kelly restaurant (I've seen them but never been in one) remember that truth is stranger then fiction.

**macwilkin** · 28th August 08, 03:35 AM

Originally Posted by Carolina Kiltman

BTW our chief lives in South Africa, not Scotland. I'm sure there is a story there, but I do not know it.

The Chief of the Lamonts is a Catholic priest living in Australia, if memory serves me. You'll find a number of chiefs living in the Commonwealth nations due to the diaspora in the 19th century.

Regards,

Todd