To answer Jockscot's question:
> Now here is the crunch Question! "Is it now time for the non Scots to START to wear their own (non Scots) tartans?"

Some already do, but why should they limit themselves to one tartan?
There are French tartans, for example, but none of them are attractive enough to make me want to pay out the high price being asked.

There are some tartans so garish that I would not be seen dead in one (as they say). can you imagine being obliged to wear nothing but loud McWhatsisname all you life? Or having the choice of that or (gasp!) trousers?

Would Jockscot approve of the wearing of plain tartan-less kilts?

Martin