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    Thank you for your post and your perception. To answer your question about wearing an "acceptable tartan". Most Scots could probably recognise perhaps 5 tartans at best. We, as a whole, really do not go into tartan and kilt attire at the same depth as we do on this website. However, it is generally understood that one tartan is worn, whatever that might be. I am sorry to say that I, amongst most Scots, would have no idea what the US Special Forces Tartan looks like, but just wearing that tartan will not raise an eyebrow, from the tartan aspect at least.

    Alright you have a pretty fair understanding of Scotland's way of thinking, but-----------.

    Please remember that Scotland is a jumble of nationalities too. A mixture of roots and genes do certainly go way back(as do those in Native Americans I think) and Scotland is still absorbing those from other countries to this day. Vikings and Normans in more recent times, Italians in the early 1900's, Poles from WW2, Poles again, Latvians, Estonians, Chinese, and many from the Indian continent too. So America does not have the monopoly with incomers.These incomers whilst not forgetting their roots do actually regard themselves pretty quickly as Scots and the Scots regard the incomers as Scots pretty quickly too. Thankfully we seem to avoid this Norman-Scots, Viking-Scots, Italian-Scots, Polish-Scots etc. thing, unless an in depth family discussion around the dining room table takes place.

    If I may say so you have missed one vital aspect and that is the difference between the thinking of Highland Scots and Lowland Scots. It is only in my lifetime that kilts have been worn by the Lowland Scots and I can well remember the derision that the lowland Scots dished out to the Highland Scots and their kilts. I have to admit to having a wry smile when the Lowlanders start telling the world how to wear the kilt. Please remember that the kilt is Highland Scots attire not Scottish attire, well until very, very recently anyway.

    In my youth, I well remember listening(not well enough sadly!)to my Grand Father and a very senior Highland Clan Chief discussing the subject of there are really only 12, I think it was, Clans----Highland Clans at that------that actually could genuinely claim and wear Clan tartans as there are only 12(?) genuine Highland Clans.--------Don't shoot the messenger!------. So things have moved on a tad from that stance, over the last 70 years or so!
    Last edited by Jock Scot; 2nd April 15 at 10:14 PM.
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