Selothi said:
Wow, talk about over-reacting to a simple request to STOP BEING OFF-TOPIC in a mod development thread. But meh, if you feel so inclined to hijack a thread to tell us all of the ancient origins of the various words used to describe leg-wear, be my guess. I'm not saying it sucks or anything, etymology can be very interesting, I'm seeing it hasn't got a place in this thread which is being hijacked way too often.
Oh, and BTW, nice job on those tests. Now, get that head out of your ass and wash it in the water you might just be spending your time on.
Sorry old chap flippancy doesn't come off well across the internet it appears. An emoticon with a tongue out would be appropriate, but I can't bring myself to add to the worlds already manifold misery with another one of those sardonic evil smiling little yellow bastards...
Dain clicked me, that said he's known me for longer so realises I can be somewhat... Erratic; best not to take anything I say particularly seriously, even if I'm being of the rude persuasion. That said, I think it was quite a well constructed and thought through bit of insanity and vitriol though what?
To be honest though, you need to consider what "spam" is. As pretty much all information pertaining to the development of this mod is discussed off forum, and as the flow of news is heralded with a degree of vigour by Dain, historic discussion relevant to the era is frankly harmless, and not, speaking humbly, suitable to be classed with all the drivel this thread tends to accumulate, such as people asking whether its ready, if there will be Prussians and so on. Which similarly is at least tenuously on topic, but is most certainly "spam" to use the internet patois.
I should add also from my own previous mod threads, it is only decent to leave the author of said thread to make the distinction of what it relevant or permittable in his own thread.
Dain Ironfoot said:
Well it was a somewhat bizarre that regiments were forbidden to wear kilts for a few years! Luckily by the Hundred days the kilts were flapping in the breeze again
Tail end of the Dress Act me old pumpkin, although the army was exempt from the kilt ban it was still an unpopular symbol of the Jacobite (especially as most Officers of Highland regiments were English or at least lowland Scots), and as the high command of the Army of the era in question were older chaps they had lived through the Dress act and even Even though it started reappearing to a degree in the military and civvie street after the Dress act was repealed in 1782 the kilt never really hit the scene big time until 1822 when George IV wore one on his trip to Scotland.
QuailLover said:
I thought there was a Highland grenadier or engineer group that wore kilts. (I could be wrong, but this was based off remembering a research paper I did years ago)
I'm afraid there's no such thing as a Highland Engineer old boy. As for Grenadiers sporting the free and easy attire of the Highlander whilst their lessers languished leg-bound, I've certainly never heard of that happening.