Member Picture Thread

[PappyTron]

36 minutes ago, Graeme said:

Except it's not unequivocally the "fact of the matter". 

Even if we dismiss any evidence that the short kilt was worn in Scotland before Rawlinson, by my reckoning, it was at most an adaptation/variation of a pre-existing Scottish design (the same word is applied to both, in English and Gaidhlig), developed in Scotland, used exclusively by Scots in Scotland and that makes it as Scottish as it needs to be for me to be comfortable wearing it as national dress.

You haven't made me think , all things considered, "Oh, what a dupe I am, better take it back...".

I made no claims about haggis, whisky and bagpipes...

Bagpipes are used in many cultures and predate modern Scotland. Doesn't change the fact that the distinct design that emerged in Scotland (The Highland Bagpipe) has become the most globally recognisible nor the importance of the distinct traditions of Piobaireachd and Ceol Beag to Scottish culture.

Haggis? I think there's speculation it goes all the way back to Ancient Rome, but we're the only place in the world where it's popular so I reckon it's ours now... If the Romans want it back they can come and get it.

 Whisky... I couldn't care less to be honest. The majority of the world's Whisky drinkers seem to like the stuff made here more than that made elsewhere, more power to them...

As for the tartans? All traditions are, by definition, artificial... Someone had to make them up at some point. What difference does it make to the modern wearer if they were designed in the 1840s, the 1740s or the 1640s?

Why would I want to make you think "Oh what a dupe I am for wearing an English kilt"? What a silly thing to say.

As for the short kilt, it is entirely possible, indeed probable, that some Scots wore a shortened kilt before Rawlinson, but the fact of the matter is that the short kilt with built in pleats has no record before Rawlinson. If you in turn wish to state that Rawlinson's design is simply an adaptation of an existing Scottish design then it should be mentioned, as you know, that the Scots didn't invent the Highland kilt either as it was an Irish design of clothing.

I made no claims of your own position on haggis, bagpipes, whiskey, deep-fried Mars bars or heroin. I simply stated that Scotland has adopted them much the same as Scotland has adopted Rawlinson's kilt design, and did so in reply to your remark of me being "disingenuous" for stating the fact that the "Scottish" kilt is indeed English.

What difference does the date of design matter to the modern wearer? I'd say it matters a great deal when Scots can be found (not yourself, of course) bleating on about how their ancestors wore their family tartan at the Battle of Bannockburn as they bravely fought for Robert the Bruce against the vile English invaders, no doubt pissed up on more than a wee dram of whiskey, when in fact their "family tartan" was designed in England in the 1890s.

[Graeme]

14 minutes ago, PappyTron said:

Why would I want to make you think "Oh what a dupe I am for wearing an English kilt"? What a silly thing to say.

As for the short kilt, it is entirely possible, indeed probable, that some Scots wore a shortened kilt before Rawlinson, but the fact of the matter is that the short kilt with built in pleats has no record before Rawlinson. If you in turn wish to state that Rawlinson's design is simply an adaptation of an existing Scottish design then it should be mentioned, as you know, that the Scots didn't invent the Highland kilt either as it was an Irish design of clothing.

I made no claims of your own position on haggis, bagpipes, whiskey, deep-fried Mars bars or heroin. I simply stated that Scotland has adopted them much the same as Scotland has adopted Rawlinson's kilt design, and did so in reply to your remark of me being "disingenuous" for stating the fact that the "Scottish" kilt is indeed English.

What difference does the date of design matter to the modern wearer? I'd say it matters a great deal when Scots can be found (not yourself, of course) bleating on about how their ancestors wore their family tartan at the Battle of Bannockburn as they bravely fought for Robert the Bruce against the vile English invaders, no doubt pissed up on more than a wee dram of whiskey, when in fact their "family tartan" was designed in England in the 1890s.

Well, I don't regard it as an "English Kilt". I wear the kilt, in full awareness of the historical discussion around its origin, as Scottish national dress. I regard it as a culturally valid, modern expression of Scottishness for the contextual reasons I've outlined, irrespective of one Englishman's involvement in its development. Given that to be a dupe carries connotations of ignorance, wilful or otherwise, your contributions to this conversation thus far would possibly imply I was possessing such characteristics.

However, I feel your use of the term "English Kilt" carries discursive implications that the garment was created in England (it was not), that the garment was worn commonly by the people of England (it has never been) and that the garment is of any significance to the culture of England (it is not). It did originate in Scotland, one way or another, it has been worn commonly by the people of Scotland for 300 years and it is, as a result, significant to the culture of Scotland. I would contest, therefore, that it is far less English than it is Scottish, irrespective of Rawlinson's country of birth.

Also, the kilt in the picture was 100% made in Scotland from Scottish wool, so it's a Scottish object, "English Kilt" is definitely contestable in that context too .

The original Scots of Dal Riada were an Irish tribe so you could argue that Ireland, such as it was, invented "Scotland"... Scotland's just an amalgamation of all the people who came to this bit of land at the end of Europe: Picts, Gaels, Britons, Normans, English, Italians, Indians, Chinese... all bringing their cultural baggage with them and adding it to the melting pot. Nationalities are imagined, but that doesn't mean they're not real and I don't care if it was adopted, Haggis Pakora is ours now!

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

2 hours ago, Graeme said:

Except it's not unequivocally the "fact of the matter". 

Even if we dismiss any evidence that the short kilt was worn in Scotland before Rawlinson, by my reckoning, it was at most an adaptation/variation of a pre-existing Scottish design (the same word is applied to both, in English and Gaidhlig), developed in Scotland, used exclusively by Scots in Scotland and that makes it as Scottish as it needs to be for me to be comfortable wearing it as national dress.

You haven't made me think , all things considered, "Oh, what a dupe I am, better take it back...".

I made no claims about haggis, whisky and bagpipes...

Bagpipes are used in many cultures and predate modern Scotland. Doesn't change the fact that the distinct design that emerged in Scotland (The Highland Bagpipe) has become the most globally recognisible nor the importance of the distinct traditions of Piobaireachd and Ceol Beag to Scottish culture.

Haggis? I think there's speculation it goes all the way back to Ancient Rome, but we're the only place in the world where it's popular so I reckon it's ours now... If the Romans want it back they can come and get it.

 Whisky... I couldn't care less to be honest. The majority of the world's Whisky drinkers seem to like the stuff made here more than that made elsewhere, more power to them...

As for the tartans? All traditions are, by definition, artificial... Someone had to make them up at some point. What difference does it make to the modern wearer if they were designed in the 1840s, the 1740s or the 1640s?

very well put @Graeme

[Dazey]

These are my family colours.

I call it McLeod Shart-on from the Isle of 'arris!  

Edited December 13, 2016 by Dazey

[PappyTron]

22 minutes ago, Graeme said:

Well, I don't regard it as an "English Kilt". I wear the kilt, in full awareness of the historical discussion around its origin, as Scottish national dress. I regard it as a culturally valid, modern expression of Scottishness for the contextual reasons I've outlined, irrespective of one Englishman's involvement in its development. Given that to be a dupe carries connotations of ignorance, wilful or otherwise, your contributions to this conversation thus far would possibly imply I was possessing such characteristics.

However, I feel your use of the term "English Kilt" carries discursive implications that the garment was created in England (it was not), that the garment was worn commonly by the people of England (it has never been) and that the garment is of any significance to the culture of England (it is not). It did originate in Scotland, one way or another, it has been worn commonly by the people of Scotland for 300 years and it is, as a result, significant to the culture of Scotland. I would contest, therefore, that it is far less English than it is Scottish, irrespective of Rawlinson's country of birth.

Also, the kilt in the picture was 100% made in Scotland from Scottish wool, so it's a Scottish object, "English Kilt" is definitely contestable in that context too .

The original Scots of Dal Riada were an Irish tribe so you could argue that Ireland, such as it was, invented "Scotland"... Scotland's just an amalgamation of all the people who came to this bit of land at the end of Europe: Picts, Gaels, Britons, Normans, English, Italians, Indians, Chinese... all bringing their cultural baggage with them and adding it to the melting pot. Nationalities are imagined, but that doesn't mean they're not real and I don't care if it was adopted, Haggis Pakora is ours now!

You're the one who mentioned the word "dupe" not me, so whatever connotations you implied for your use of it is down to you and no other.

You can surely apply whichever bracketing and importance you so wish to the history, cultural significance, popularity and place of design that you so wish, but that changes not one jot the facts at hand; the kilt which is commonly called a "walking kilt" and is embraced as a symbol of "Scottishness" was designed and first manufactured by an Englishman and is, ergo, an "English Kilt". You can contest whatever you so like, but that doesn't change what are fundamental facts.

As for where your particular English kilt was made that is by the by; I have Scottish shortbread in my cupboard that has most assuredly never been that side of the wall.

You are most welcome to your haggis and to your dreadful provincial poet Burns as well.

 

[Graeme]

At least you like Shortbread...

[Whiskey Rose]

I always like reading Pappy and Graeme's "discussions"' there is a certain tongue in cheek aspect to them that I enjoy

Having said that, a perspective from those of us not from either place: if two men were dressed in tartans, and one was Scottish, and the other English, I'd be wondering why the hell the English dude was in a skirt.

[PappyTron]

5 minutes ago, Graeme said:

At least you like Shortbread...

I cannae deny that, frein.

[Graeme]

10 minutes ago, Whiskey Rose said:

I always like reading Pappy and Graeme's "discussions"' there is a certain tongue in cheek aspect to them that I enjoy

Having said that, a perspective from those of us not from either place: if two men were dressed in tartans, and one was Scottish, and the other English, I'd be wondering why the hell the English dude was in a skirt.

See! Context is important!

[Powerage5]

First time driving on the left. Not as scary as I thought it'd be  

[john lennon]

i'm a chick so i'm allowed to do this whole selfie-thing

here i am, hungover n enjoying some coffee 

[Słash]

6 hours ago, john lennon said:

i'm a chick so i'm allowed to do this whole selfie-thing

here i am, hungover n enjoying some coffee 

The surgeon did an amazing job on you, I wish someone could do that on Yoko

[john lennon]

14 minutes ago, Slash787 said:

The surgeon did an amazing job on you, I wish someone could do that on Yoko

he really did

i look so much better now than i used to 

[Słash]

4 hours ago, john lennon said:

he really did

i look so much better now than i used to 

thats true, you do really look beautiful now 

[Graeme]

On 13/12/2016 at 2:42 PM, AxlsFavoriteRose said:

hahaha i like it is as well. and yeah she's super cute hope he did ask her out

As I said to @Whiskey Rose, she's engaged  and I'm not the kind of lowlife that would ever try and wreck that.

@john lennon, your hair... stunning.

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

Just now, Graeme said:

As I said to @Whiskey Rose, she's engaged  and I'm not the kind of lowlife that would ever try and wreck that.

@john lennon, your hair... stunning.

awwww you're a good guy. smart, sweet and with good morals. and a killer accent!  hope you find someone deserving of you

[Powerage5]

Rock of Cashel in Ireland

[DR DOOM]

21 hours ago, Slash787 said:

The surgeon did an amazing job on you, I wish someone could do that on Yoko

You fucking kidding me?

Yoko would look pretty fucking stupid with a cup surgically attached to her face like that.

[Graeme]

10 hours ago, Powerage5 said:

Rock of Cashel in Ireland

That is an impressive erection you have there...

[Powerage5]

10 minutes ago, Graeme said:

That is an impressive erection you have there...

What, you don't think I'd post a picture at half mast on here, do you?  

[Graeme]

7 minutes ago, Powerage5 said:

What, you don't think I'd post a picture at half mast on here, do you?  

You did well to fit it all in...

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

22 minutes ago, Graeme said:

That is an impressive erection you have there...

[PappyTron]

3 hours ago, Graeme said:

That is an impressive erection you have there...

Joke thief.

[Powerage5]

1 hour ago, PappyTron said:

Joke thief.

It's okay Pappy, you still have all the other pictures I was too timid to post publicly...  

[PappyTron]

13 minutes ago, Powerage5 said:

It's okay Pappy, you still have all the other pictures I was too timid to post publicly...  

And causing me to rapidly go blind they are, too!