Your Best Guess?

[Mark Stephenson]

The Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area has a population of a bit over 2 million. Let’s assume there are about 1 million males. Our local Caledonian Society has about 400 members. Not all members own a kilt, but then, not all kilt wearers belong to the Caledonian Society. For simplicity’s sake, let’s assume these latter two variables offset each other. This yields a (VERY) simplistic estimate of about one kilt-wearer per 2500 men in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. As there is just one establishment in our town that rents kilts, I would guess that most kilt-wearers in Cincinnati own the kilt they wear.

[Grizzly]

I know that view really well Simon!

I thought you might Jock, you could tickle the trout from the stream nearby.

[Jock Scot]

The river Coln has been known to give up the occasional trout to me on occasion.

[Grizzly]

Lol occasional in the broadest sense of the word. The trout hatchery at Bibury is teeming with fish. I think even I could catch one. The adjacent ice cream shop is delicious too.

[TheOfficialBren]

I would estimate that there are about 100 kilt owners in my city of about 500,000 (1 million in the greater metropolitan area). I say "owners" because aside from the Games in the summer and the Festival in the autumn they are rarely (practically never) seen wearing them in public. St Patrick ' Day (native Scots, I know, we know...Irish - American holiday with little to do with Scotland) we occasionally see a kilt or two (usually me and some other random chap down the pub) but those are the exception rather than the rule.

[StevieR]

And me. Stayed at the Swan on honeymoon!

[Grizzly]

And me. Stayed at the Swan on honeymoon!

Wow mate that is a great hotel, one of the best country hotels in the UK. Fantastic food. Idyllic location too.

[StevieR]

Wow mate that is a great hotel, one of the best country hotels in the UK. Fantastic food. Idyllic location too.

Yep, I still can't work out how we managed to afford it! And just to keep things on thread, didn't see anyone kilted

I did, however see a very well turned out old boy in Bournemouth just before Christmas. MacLean of Duart was the tartan, I think. Weddings and the odd pipe band aside (The Ringwood Pipes and Drums are very popular down here) it's the only time I can recall seeing a chap in a kilt in Dorset in all my time here. Perhaps it was a good omen for 2014?

[English Bloke]

Good question Jock. Well... If you discount all the pipers and drummers, we do have a pipe band where I live, two in fact...

And the Kilt hirers, of which I imagine there are few, our local Greenwood's had a Kilt in the window for a year or so but took it down and replaced it with a tail coat and a top hat as no one was bothering.

And you discount the native (born in Scotland) Scots who've migrated South, and you count only the non Scots who own a kilt (bear in mind our local population is about 12% Asian ethnic so there is little interest in Scottish attire there either)...

and you pan these observations across the whole of Englandshire... I'd say... Err... Nationally... Err...

Suffice to say, I am hugely outnumbered.

Perhaps a study of this Forum's Membership by country of residence compared with respective national population figures may reveal some insight.

[Chainsaw02]

Good question Jock. Made me think a bit.

Here in Fort Wayne Indiana, with a population of 250,000+ I have not seen one other person wearing a kilt on a regular basis outside of special Scot's based events, Burns night, highland games, bartenders at the Tilted Kilt, etc.. I wear mine shopping , church, family affairs and just because I want to. Those who do wear kilts are kilt owners. I don't believe we have a kilt rental place close nearby.

As for the Word "Cottage" here in the lake regions we refer to those houses at or near the lakes as cottages even though some may be used full time residences . i.e. "We are going to our lake cottage for the weekend." or "We rented a cottage at the lake for our vacation."

Larry Dirr