From: theknife@gmail.com 
  
 Stephen Wilson Wrote: 
  
 > > KILT is NOT a skirt!! 
 > 
 > Yes it is. The word kilt is a Scottish word and means something like to 
 tuck 
 > up the clothes around the body. Meanwhile a skirt is the part of a garment 
 > that hangs freely from the waist down. Which describes a kilt more than 
 > adequately... 
  
 Further to that, the Scots got the word and the garment from Viking 
 invaders. 
 The Viking word "Kjalt" (kee-ALT) is the suspected origin of the word. 
  
 However, rather than call it a skirt, those in the modern-kilt movement 
 perfer 
 to refer to it as a "skirted garmet" or "unbifrucated". 
  
 "Skirt" or not, a kilt is most definitely a male garment.  Regardless of 
 what 
 some people's sexual insecurities may lead them to believe. 
  
 After all, the Romans wore "skirts" and they rules half of the bloody globe 
 at 
 one time.  Any man who calls my kilt a girl's garment will get a Scotsman's 
 invitation to take a closer look at the sky.  ;) 
  
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