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   Hibou  wrote:   
   > Le 01/07/2024 à 12:38, occam a écrit :   
   >> On 01/07/2024 07:56, Hibou wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> I observe that the kilt is singular - two legs, but only one hole.   
   >>   
   >> While in Aberdeen, the question arose: "what's the difference between a   
   >> kilt and a skirt? What do Scottish women wear?"   
   >>   
   >> The wittiest answer I got was that Scotsmen call it a 'kilt' to avoid   
   >> the embarrassment of having to admit that they are wearing a skirt.   
   >   
   > That may well be true; certainly one encounters considerable resistance   
   > among Scots, both men and women, if one calls a kilt a skirt.   
      
   I'd say they're incredibly touchy about it.   
      
   > This, I   
   > think, is just a matter of time and place. At other times and places, it   
   > has been and is normal for men to wear skirts - Roman legionnaires did,   
   > for instance.   
      
   From what I can tell, skirts and dresses were the standard garments for   
   blokes pretty much everywhere until very recently. It was women with   
   trousers that were considered unnatural.   
      
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