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no kilts please we are welsh

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Welsh working class clothing should consist of jeans, t-shirt, a flat cap and daps...not trainers but daps... Its time the Grangetown dap dance was revived..any pics or music relating to this long lost tradition would be gratefully recieved. Facial hair and a clay pipe are desirable but not essential.

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Damn...well I'm sure there are "specialty" stores that sell them.

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Well....in fairness to Tartansoldier he has livened up this thread enormously this morning and as far as the history of the kilt goes he is entirely correct.. I still dont entirely understand why he objects so strongly to its being adopted by other nations though. Its Scottish historical origin can never be in doubt. Surely it is a tribute to the sartorial genius of the Scots if people elsewhere in the world start to wear kilts. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. BUT I agree that no one should suppose that this item of apparel is traditional anywhere outside Scotland.

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I think you would agree that language is an essential component of culture? How do you respond to the fact that there are many Americans who speak more Welsh than some of the native born Welshpersons on this site? I agree ( to an extent ) that you are who you are as an accident of birth. But I suspect that you and I will disagree on the following proposition:- Human nature ( character ) is entirely plastic. We each have the ability to mold ourselves in whatever fashion we choose. Being Welsh is a matter of conscious choice even for a native. Witness the following quote from a poem by R. S. Thomas:-I think of a Welsh hillThat is without fencing, and the men,Bosworth blind, who left the heatherAnd the high pastures of the heart. I fumbleIn the pocket's emptiness; my ticketWas in two pieces. I kept half."St. James Park" quoted from this article:- http://www.intellectbooks.com/europa/number3/davies.htm Leaving aside the question of whether you can ever truly "adopt" another culture, however, the effort to understand it is always to be applauded.

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Not yet....but I will be going to Nordstrom soon and they are at the top of my shopping list. As soon as I do I will post a pic on this site.

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Then you'll have no objection if we wear lederhosen from time to time.

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I think Brians point is much simpler than you think. He is merely insisting that he has the right to associate with whatever culture he pleases and that he has even more right to do so if his ancestors were of that culture.For my own part...I was born and brought up in in Wales and lived there for 44 years. I emigrated 7 years ago. I am now an American citizen. What am I? Certainly my immersion in Welsh culture has been deeper and longer lasting than my exposure to American culture. But I have lived in America for seven years and as far as the American government is concerned I can consider myself a citizen. Clearly I am both Welsh and American or an American of Welsh origin if you please.Many of the members of this site were not born in Wales and some have not as yet even visited it. But they nearly all have Welsh ancestry and roots however distant. Why should they not wish to study the culture of that part of the world from which their descendants came? The more they study it the more they will become immersed in it. Some people on this site are more American than Welsh and others are more Welsh than American. In my view it is only a matter of percentages.Also you should be aware that it is a peculiarly American thing to trace your ancestry overseas. Dont forget "our" history stops a couple of hundred years ago ( excluding the native American Indians of course ) and after that point European history IS our history.Surely you would not wish members of the various Highland Game Societies in America to cease their activities forthwith on the grounds that they are American and could not possibly understand Scottish culture?

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This site supports the right of all persons of Asian origin to wear Lederhosen! Both in the privacy of their own homes ( for whatever purpose ) and in public!

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I believe the guy on the right is Japanese. He is wearing lederhosen. Seems ok to me! ( source of image HERE )

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My servers in the garage mate...I just spilt coffee on it...in afew hours there'll be a six pack parked on top of it...but youre talking about the ning server...I dont know what they get up to there