A proper kilt is indeed difficult to define, nevertheless for those with some experience of kilts can usually tell at a glance what is and what isn’t a proper kilt.
The uk has two kinds of snake, yes we also have a slow worm too, but apparently biologically it’s a legless lizard. Anyway, we have the more common non poisonous grass snake and the less common and more shy and poisonous( rarely a lethal bite) Adder. Someone inexperienced could see a hundred grass snakes and some might wonder if some of them are adders , but they only need to see one adder to know exactly what they are looking at. Yes! Both species have different markings and colourings that vary from area to area, but both species are very different at a glance.
Just like a kilt and a proper kilt. Yes, we can go into minute detail about this and that and of course our perceptions are different and we can discuss minute details until the cows come home, but deep down I think with a wee tad of experience we really can tell a proper kilt from another.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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