Quote Originally Posted by CMcG View Post
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Whereas the Scottish government has fought to reserve the rights for labeling a whisky as Scotch, it has been much more welcoming of other people getting into the tartan game. This is evidenced in part by the various Irish tartans that have been recognized and recorded by the Scottish Register of Tartans.
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Just a minor little point, the SRT doesn't recognise tartans in any "proper and official" way , I mean their only criteria is, is the design unique, and not actually likely to offend. They are at pains not to, in any sense,favour any tartan by giving it "recognition". And the same goes for the STA, both bodies are happy to register/record tartans but without giving a preference to them, so the fact that Irish, or American, or any other tartans have been recorded, only means that they are on a master list of tartans which can be easily accessed.