Welsh Cilt

[flyv65]

I'm going to have to quit reading this forum. You guys are making me spend too much money!!

Tell me about it: I've got an 8 yard cilt in the Williams tartan due to arrive the middle of January. My only concern is that it's in the 13 oz wool, and I wonder if that might not be a bit "light" with the gusty winds we enjoy hereabouts.

Bryan...gonna buy a *reeeeeeally* heavy kilt pin, I guess...

[davedove]

Bryan...gonna buy a *reeeeeeally* heavy kilt pin, I guess...

Oh man, I forgot I'm going to have to get another kilt pin. Well, there's some more funds out the door.

[macwilkin]

"Jonesing" for a Welsh Kilt...the ultimate pun! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[bubba]

The unltimate pun would be jonesing for a welsh kilt in Jones tartan.

[macwilkin]

The unltimate pun would be jonesing for a welsh kilt in Jones tartan.

Isn't that what I just said?

T.

[Graham]

I'm going to have to quit reading this forum. You guys are making me spend too much money!!

Oh quit your bleating and consider the thousands of dollars this forum has convinced me to part with in the name of comfort and heritage!! (haha!!)

Still, we only get one shot at life and those who live it out in a kilt (Cilt) do so to the full.
So what is money??? just something that allows us to aquire more kilts.
Life is good in a kilt...as someone once said!

[auld argonian]

Actually, most of the dictionaries that I've looked at say that either pronunciation (pronunskiation if you're Popeye, phonuncication if you're Junior Samples from Hee-Haw) is acceptable. Hey...Certs is a candy mint/Certs is a breath mint....

When I took Latin in high school we were taught what the minds at the time thought was "classical" pronunciation. My son is taking it now and whenever I read anything out loud around him I get that "are you insane/don't embarass me" teen age look. Unless we could go back and capture an actual Roman, I doubt that we'll ever know what the correct pronunciation is...language changes (I almost said corrupts but that has such a negative connotation that I can't use it) so subtly and over time. The trend in the production of the plays of Shakespeare is to use a much more traditional pronunciation and cadence than has been used lately. It takes a few minutes to get attuned to it but it makes much more sense in a way than most of the usual interpretations.

"Oh, that this too, too solid flesh should celt...er...melt..."

best

AA

[Sherry]

I think some interesting strides have been made in determining original Roman pronunciation of Latin, though, of course, we do know the c's were always hard, & no, we'll never know with exactness how they spoke.

I remember my surprise in learning that the German kaiser (the word, not persons) came from the Latin pronunciation of caeser.

I'm sure the sassenach joke was purely TIC (tongue-in-cheek). We Americans typically are of mixed heritage (Scottish, Welsh, Native American, & English for myself), & we take such statements as they are intended--with a wry grin.

Sherry

[emeraldfalconoflight]

Is it just me or is anyone else confused. What difference, if any, is there between a Scottish Kilt, or Welsh Cilt?

[flyv65]

Is it just me or is anyone else confused. What difference, if any, is there between a Scottish Kilt, or Welsh Cilt?

Very little, actually. The Welsh cilts are made from 13 oz tartan woven in Welsh mills; Cardiff, IIRC. The cilt has a hem since the material has no selvedge.

Bryan...welcoming corrections and/or additional information...