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Re:The Scottish Register of Tartans by arethuza on Monday October 01, 2018 @05:03AM (#18111007)
As a Scot, I was slightly surprised to see that this is actually an official Scottish Government service!

Edit: I should have guessed by the domain.

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Re:The Scottish Register of Tartans by peteretep on Monday October 01, 2018 @05:41AM (#18111169)
As much as a lot of tartan-lore is revisionist, selling pretty cloth to credulous tourists and Americans-craving-heritage is big business.
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Re:The Scottish Register of Tartans by 7000skeletons on Monday October 01, 2018 @09:16AM (#18112248)
Fun fact, the majority of the "tourist trap" shops you see dotted up and down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh are actually owned by the same family. Who are originally from India, I think. The whole thing's pretty hilarious.
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Re:The Scottish Register of Tartans by fyfy18 on Monday October 01, 2018 @10:00AM (#18112572)
I’m surprised Scotland doesn’t have its own TLD.
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Re:The Scottish Register of Tartans by cbowal on Monday October 01, 2018 @10:18AM (#18112709)
They do - .scot!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.scot

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Re:The Scottish Register of Tartans by daleharvey on Monday October 01, 2018 @10:18AM (#18112716)
It does, I was actually surprised .scot existed but noticed an advert for it the other day
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