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27th March 06, 12:26 PM
#1
 Help with some of the lingo...
I am probably not looking in the correct areas for help with some of the terminology, 8yd etc... My avatar is a family tartan and I am interested in a kilt in that tartan. I have probably made this more difficult than what it is, Help?
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27th March 06, 12:46 PM
#2
If your new at this some of the lingo CAN be confusing. Post a list of your questions and we'll answer them.
An 8 yard kilt is one that, depending on your measurements, contains 8 yards of tartan.
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27th March 06, 01:19 PM
#3
I was lost for a little while:rolleyes: But these guys are great, ask and ye shall recieve!
A Scottish proverb: Better half hanged than ill mairied.
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27th March 06, 01:44 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by Gillis13
I am probably not looking in the correct areas for help with some of the terminology, 8yd etc... My avatar is a family tartan and I am interested in a kilt in that tartan. I have probably made this more difficult than what it is, Help?
Exactly what do you not understand? You're gonna have to give us more than that if you want enlightenment.
If it's our short-hand for the different manufacturers, the FAQ has this:
AK - Amerikilt
BK - Bear Kilts
FK - Freedom Kilts
FLS - Freelander Sporrans!
MUG - Male Unbifurbricated Garment (not to be used lightly)
PK - Pittsburgh Kilts
SWK - Stillwater Kilts
TFCK - 21st Century Kilts
UK- Utilikilt
USAK - USA Kilts
Anything else - you'll have to ask for specifically.
Jeff Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free.An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. An armed society is a polite society.
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27th March 06, 01:53 PM
#5
You prolly don't want to use the terms "pants" or "trousers".
we don't like those much...
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27th March 06, 03:31 PM
#6
Gillis-
och aye ai'll hep ya lad...
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a "glaikit dafty" is a pairson what weers a kilt back tae front....
a "skinnymalinkie" shuidnay weer a kilt cause theys wee pins mak em luik like a haggi oan twa steeks...
a "skelp" is whit ya dae tae a glaikit dafty's lugs iffin ya see him weerin his kilt back tae front...
an "steamin pish'd" or "blootered" is whit yu'll be if ya drink whisky a' nicht in yur kilt an a'
hope tha heps sort ya oot, wee lad....
ta....
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27th March 06, 05:27 PM
#7
Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
Gillis-
och aye ai'll hep ya lad...
....
a "glaikit dafty" is a pairson what weers a kilt back tae front....
a "skinnymalinkie" shuidnay weer a kilt cause theys wee pins mak em luik like a haggi oan twa steeks...
a "skelp" is whit ya dae tae a glaikit dafty's lugs iffin ya see him weerin his kilt back tae front...
an "steamin pish'd" or "blootered" is whit yu'll be if ya drink whisky a' nicht in yur kilt an a'
hope tha heps sort ya oot, wee lad....
ta....
Jeff Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free.An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. An armed society is a polite society.
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27th March 06, 05:44 PM
#8
Hey Cousin,
My great great grandmother was Mary Gillis of Skye Glen, Nova Scotia. Have some wonderful descriptions of her from my grandfather. Want to get a Gillis tartan kilt in her honor some day.
I'm working with Kathy Lare of Kathy's kilts. She can find most anything. Deal is that I had to finally accept that Gillis is just a variation of Gillies and that the Gillis tartan is the same as the Gillies tartan(s).
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5
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"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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27th March 06, 06:42 PM
#9
Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
Gillis-
och aye ai'll hep ya lad...
....
a "glaikit dafty" is a pairson what weers a kilt back tae front....
a "skinnymalinkie" shuidnay weer a kilt cause theys wee pins mak em luik like a haggi oan twa steeks...
a "skelp" is whit ya dae tae a glaikit dafty's lugs iffin ya see him weerin his kilt back tae front...
an "steamin pish'd" or "blootered" is whit yu'll be if ya drink whisky a' nicht in yur kilt an a'
hope tha heps sort ya oot, wee lad....
ta....
uh...what he said.
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27th March 06, 06:57 PM
#10
Pour1Malt,
now you've gone and really confused the poor bugger.
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