Probably he's a tourist ?

[al' Sporrano]

Here's one for you who live in Scotland. When I was in Scotland last year I heard the comment "If you see a man in the kilt He's probably a tourist or working in the tourist industy."
It seem rather a negative way of describing what the kilt means for Scotland.Especially comming from a Scotsman.
Do ordinary Scotsman use the kilt daily?
I must admit I saw only one gent wearing it (In Inverness high street.)Besides the usual tourist encounters.
Coments Please.

Hi Freelander


Our good friends Robbie and Jack (not heard from him for a while) are Scots through and through and wear their kilts all the time.

Having said that, guys in kilts have been a rare sight on my trips up north. I live close to the border so get up there quite a bit.

I've worn mine, but I'm a 'tourist'. The others I've seen have tended to be 'buskers' and 'tour guides', 'Hotel proprietors' wearing their kilts when entertaining guests and 'supporters' at football and rugby internationals.

Formal functions of course. Weddings, ceilidhs
and the like. Highland games. I've seen maybe three or four out and about in the countryside or by the beach. The odd one probably out for a meal at night.

Otherwise sightings appear to be very rare indeed.

Al