An Argyll Is Not Called an Argyll in Scotland?

[KiltedSergeant]

Recently, on the Traditional Kilters Facebook page, a Scottish gentleman posted a photo of himself looking smart in his kilt, jacket, and tie. The post indicated that he was in Argyll. I made a comment something to the effect of him wearing his Argyll in Argyll, and he responded with a "?". I explained that I meant he was wearing an Argyll jacket in Argyll. His response was that it's not actually called an Argyll, and that is a name invented by manufacturers and exporters. He went on to say this about Scottish highland attire vendors:

" But we never got our clothes from those sources. In a Highland community it would be a local tailor who made jackets and kilts (as is the case with the clothing in my photo), not "Scottish attire vendor catalogs". I've had a similar discussion with another American-based site in regard to bagpipes. I knew many of the bagpipe makers in Scotland personally and they told me about the way they had to use a different set of terminology for American customers. There has been something of a neo-Scottish cult in the USA for decades and exporters from Scotland (who were rarely Scottish themselves) responded to this by providing American customers with goods and catalogues adjusted to their taste and terminology. The early 20th century catalogues of "Highland Dress" were made for urban customers who wanted to dress up like Highlanders for special occasions. People who actually lived in the Highlands would use a local source and didn't use the same terminology as these catalogues."

So, how much of the terminology that we use here on X-Marks the Scot is made up by vendors and exporters? Are there some words or names we should consider changing?

The April 3rd post can be found here, should you be interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/908883275930253/

I did get the impression from his comments, and a bit of reading between the lines that he has a distaste for Americans playing Scottish dress-up- my words, not his, but that's the feeling I got.