XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: chris@x550c.mshome.net   
      
   On 03/07/2024 at 14:09, Antonio Marques wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   And illegal in France.   
      
      
   --   
   Chris Elvidge, England   
   I WILL NOT DRAW NAKED LADIES IN CLASS   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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