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04-30-2007, 05:49 AM
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| | | "How to Sew a Modern Kilt" on BBC website
I stumbled across this guide to sewing a kilt on the BBC "h2g2" website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10177427
I could not find a prior reference to it on XMarks.
"h2g2" is a user contributed area of the BBC website, inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is supposed to be an unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything.
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05-02-2007, 06:45 AM
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that looks strangely familiar....
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05-02-2007, 08:24 AM
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Always nice to have an extra resource - thanks for the link!
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05-02-2007, 08:26 AM
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BBC:
Best
Being
Cilted 
(ok so it's the Welsh spelling but so what?) 
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05-02-2007, 03:05 PM
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"a professionally made kilt is cheap at £100 ($170 US, approx.)"
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05-02-2007, 04:43 PM
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I find it interesting that the article says:
"the middle of the outer apron is pinned to the under apron using a 7.5cm (3in) gold or silver kilt pin,"
This from the BBC?
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05-02-2007, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cacunn  I find it interesting that the article says:
"the middle of the outer apron is pinned to the under apron using a 7.5cm (3in) gold or silver kilt pin,"
This from the BBC? | It's from H2G2, the BBC's version of a wiki. It has all the faults of a wiki, meaning it can be just as "apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate" as the book it was named for.
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05-02-2007, 06:09 PM
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If you follow the link to the "how to wear a Kilt" (an external link) there is a set by set and at the bottem their are tips and warnings-
One of the tips is: "Even in Scotland, kilts are usually reserved for weddings, funerals and special events."
and the warning: "Unless you're brave or a nut for so-called authenticity, wear underwear under there."  
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