It isn’t a skirt it is a kilt

[Joe I]

You are being awfully hard on yourself Friday! For my own part no offence was taken and no apologies or admonitions of fault are needed.

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[Mike_Oettle]

The other day a man in a restaurant asked me what I had under “the dress”.
Since he was sitting with his wife I went up to him and asked quietly: “What makes you think it’s different from anyone else’s?”
He said I had a point.
I often get the “skirt” remark in one form or another, but my response to it depends on who says it and in what circumstances. One man’s insult is another person’s compliment.
Our domestic worker, who is Xhosa-speaking, has told me more than once that she loves my “sket”.
Regards,
Mike

[CDNSushi]

You are being awfully hard on yourself Friday! For my own part no offence was taken and no apologies or admonitions of fault are needed.

Indeed. There was no fault in starting the thread. My point was (and still is) that quite often these kilt/skirt threads reach a point in which no new, useful, or original input is contributed, and people (albeit well-intentioned) start repeating themselves and each other excessively. Hence, beating the dead horse. Some discussion is good/expected/required but without getting into the minutiae, this topic in particular has a limited shelf life. My reaction was not to the original post that started the thread.

That said, if you still feel that people have something to say and contribute, then by all means, keep the discussion going. If you agree that it has been re-hashed sufficiently, then you may send any of the mods a PM to request the thread to be locked.

[TheOfficialBren]

I second that!

[TheOfficialBren]

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[Friday]

You are being awfully hard on yourself Friday! For my own part no offence was taken and no apologies or admonitions of fault are needed.

However, from the tone of a number of posts offense was taken. Therefore I repeat.

Mr. Moderator Since

1. I have previously acknowledged that I was in error in:
   
   1. Calling an article of clothing where “the waist-bands overlaps in the front, and virtually all of the cloth is fitted in the back part of waistband by folding the fabrics into pleats instead of gathers” (The Art of Kiltmaking page 33) is a kilt.
   2. To call it anything else in insensitive and inappropriate.
   
   
2. I further acknowledge that:
   
   1. I can trace my families heritage only as far back as the Ulster Plantation, not back to the mainland of Scotland. I can not identify a member of this linage that was born in either the Ulster Plantation or mainland Scotland for over 200 years. I therefore apologies if I have ever identified myself as a Scot or even an American of Scottish Ancestry. At most in the future if I say anything other than American it will be American of Scot-Irish (Ulster Plantation) Ancestry. Therefore it is questionable if I should wear a article of Scottish attire.
   2. The mainland Scottish family name of this family is from the Scottish lowlands and therefore it is questionable if I should wear a article of Highland attire.
   
   

In addition:

That said, if you still feel that people have something to say and contribute, then by all means, keep the discussion going.

I second that!

It appears that the thought to "keep the discussion going" has a second.

[McElmurry]

Body language and tone of voice play a huge role making it impossible to tell on the internet what a third party might have intended when using a particular word. Context is important as well. Remember only a ginger can call another ginger ginger.

[Ruanaidh]

Whenever I get the “skirt” question I reply: Do you know the difference between a skirt and a kilt? About four pounds and £400. At that point you can usually hear their brain gears grinding.

[Friday]

Body language and tone of voice play a huge role making it impossible to tell on the internet what a third party might have intended when using a particular word. Context is important as well. Remember only a ginger can call another ginger ginger.

Sir, almost from the beginning of email on the 300 baud internet there has grown a educate on tone and context in emails. That many of the new comers to this media have failed to learn and consider it is unimportant, it still exists.

As in post number 19 where the poster grew up in Scotland and around kilts know what he is talking about, those of us who have been using the internet from almost the beginning understand email and forum post educate and how emphasis, word choice and context convey tone and intend. When that is included with a posters body of posts across the entire forum anger, offense and the intent to offend can be easily seen. IMHO and I have learned that with my opinion and $5.00 (US) you can buy a dollar cup of coffee.

[tundramanq]

And then we have SKILTs as an advertiser. To me the name implies a skirt-kilt or kilt-skirt. But All of the Skilts I have seen are clearly fashion kilts with pleats and aprons. Hmmm