Sukh said:
Why call them kilts, essentially they are skirts aren't they?
No, they're not skirts, nor are they anything like skirts. I will forgive you for saying so this one time, so now I can educate you and you will never make this mistake again... so here's the difference between kilts and skirts:
- Kilts are KNEE-LENGTH. They are never any shorter, never any longer. Skirts can be any length they like (as short as possible is always good)
- Kilts are used to show national/family pride by their pattern (tartan). For example, I have a kilt made of Macdonald tartan. There is also a McDonald and MacDonald tartan, and probably a few more Macdonald tartans too depending on the origins of the family.
- Kilts are NOT sewen together - they are basically one long piece of pleated material, which you wrap around your waist and then fasten. Skirts you normally step in to.
- Kilts are worn with a belt. Ever seen a skirt with a belt?
- Kilts bear such accoutrements as sporrans (fur pouch thingy at the front of the kilt), dirks and sgian-dubhs (dagger things). Now, apart from on your girlfriend Sukh, ever seen a dagger on a skirt?
And I could go on. After the First World War, the Germans rated the 51st Highland Division as the most formidable of all enemies they came across. The bloody British government banned the wearing of kilts after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie basically because they were scared.
So in conclusion... DON'T FUCK WITH THE KILT.