beat up for calling it a skirt?

[Jock Scot]

I think that a sense of proportion is required here and Mad Dawg handled the situations with commendable tact and understanding.I stay(live)in a historically well known tourist area in the Highlands and all my life I have dealt with all sorts of questions, ranging from genuine ignorance and a wish to know to downright impertinence and blatant rudeness from visitors from all over the world. The "skirt" question is nearly the most common. So the native kilt wearer is quite adept in dealing with those sort of questions and depending on the tone of the question added to the SUBJECT of the question, the answer is made accordingly and ranges from "wouldn't you like to know",which covers many situations and questions to "mind you own b----- business!".

You chaps outwith Scotland wearing the kilt surely must prepare yourselves for questions, even stupid ones and sadly, antagonistic ones when you wear the kilt outside its natural surroundings? I certainly do, when on rare occasion, I wear the kilt outwith Scotland. It would be very foolhardy not to, in my experience. However, a smile and a mildly witty reply usually works.

I am amazed to hear that many of you don't seem to prepare yourselves for the awkward situation that usually arrives when you least expect it and as sure as night follows day, they do!