In Scotland the national dress is tartan - kilts, trews. Tartan is more than just a fancy pattern: it actually signifies your family - your clan. In the old days, a man could walk into your village and you would instantly know he was a Campbell or a Mackenzie, and considering the clans were usually fighting amongst each other, this was a very handy thing. So, today, when you see American tourists (for it is always American tourists) walking around wearing five different types of tartan at the same time, do we get offended? No. Do we approach them and tell them the sorry history of how wearing tartan was actually illegal for a number of years? No. Do we question their family history to determine if they should in fact be wearing any of those five tartans? No. What we do do is laugh and say, “Spot the American.”