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    Confusion

    Twice today while wearing my kilt I was asked if it was German. I think people realize that the kilt is somewhat out of the ordinary and say the first thing that comes into their mind without really thinking. Nevertheless very good day.

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    Makes a change from people asking if you're Irish! ;)
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    once in a supermarket parking lot in Albuquerque a drunken panhandler came running up to me (kilted) shouting, "Hey Switzerland!"
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
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    That's still better than being asked if I'm an Italian for wearing a kilt.

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    Or the teenage girl that ran up to me and said "Are you Scotch-Irish? My family is from Scotch-Ireland!"
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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    Most recently I was asked "what clan is that" which shows some knowledge. The part that hung me up is that I had on a denim Utilikilt.
    slàinte mhath, Chuck
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    Good One! Tell em its the Levi Clan

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    Quote Originally Posted by tundramanq View Post
    Most recently I was asked "what clan is that" which shows some knowledge. The part that hung me up is that I had on a denim Utilikilt.
    Casual Stewart ;)
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    [COLOR="#0000CD"]Scottish[/COLOR] clans: Fletcher, McGregor and Forbes
    [COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR] clans: O'Brien, Ryan and many others
    [COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR]/[COLOR="#FF0000"]Welsh[/COLOR] families: Carey[/B][/CENTER]

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    Quote Originally Posted by RSHAW View Post
    Good One! Tell em its the Levi Clan
    That's probably me - I have Jewish and Scottish heritage. I always called it "Clan "MacGoldberg".

    Actually, the RCMP sergeant in this area for years was/is Sgt. Moshe Gordon. Red wavy hair, freckles, and a big honking Jewish nose. One might roll one's eyes when I say that he was in charge of counterfeiting, fraud, and other financial crimes. Can anyone say "stereotype"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Father Bill View Post
    That's probably me - I have Jewish and Scottish heritage. I always called it "Clan "MacGoldberg".

    Actually, the RCMP sergeant in this area for years was/is Sgt. Moshe Gordon. Red wavy hair, freckles, and a big honking Jewish nose. One might roll one's eyes when I say that he was in charge of counterfeiting, fraud, and other financial crimes. Can anyone say "stereotype"?
    Another ScotJew here, Scotclans lists the almost exclusively Jewish name Levy as a sept of Stewart!
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    [COLOR="#0000CD"]Scottish[/COLOR] clans: Fletcher, McGregor and Forbes
    [COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR] clans: O'Brien, Ryan and many others
    [COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR]/[COLOR="#FF0000"]Welsh[/COLOR] families: Carey[/B][/CENTER]

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