advice on wearing a fly plaid

**Kilted Biker** · 28th September 07, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by pipesndrumsnun

A nice plaid you have there, Confused.Nihilist!
Davedove, that is a GREAT photo!
May I ask one question of all you experts out there? Is it pronounced fly "plad" or fly "played"? I always thought it was "plad", but a friend of mine tells me it is "played".

Please advise!

Actually it's closer to "plate". Longish "a" (halfway between "eh" and "ay") and the Gaelic "d" is very hard and sounds closer to an English "t".

(A bheil sin ceart, Slohairt?)
("Is that correct, Slohairt?") -- This is an Anglo forum so I try to remember to translate my Gaelic as a courtesy.

**James MacMillan** · 25th September 07, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

I've only worn a fly plaid formally, but here is a picture to show how I wore it:

That's a really good picture, although, the beard is a little short!!

**McClef** · 26th September 07, 03:15 AM

I only just got my first fly plaid for my Cornish National as I will be in Cornwall on a "Turkey n Tinsel" weekend in November.

I cannot advise yet as I haven't tried to put it on!

**Confused.Nihilist** · 26th September 07, 06:27 PM

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll let you know how this goes over at the fair. I'll be attending the first weekend in October and the first weekend in November.