User blog comment:SmudgyHollz/General Update./@comment-24126795-20120429220037/@comment-1266530-20120430155830

Apparently Americans call tartan `plaid` - which is weird because that's our weird for a type of blanket. Anyway, as Zaffie already said, it's the pattern they have on kilts. It varies depending on the family that you come from. For example, my tartan is usually a mixture of greens and reds but the Anderson tartan is pale blue, white and red.

(I'm from Clan Morrison, if you were wondering! Don't worry - Morrison is nothing like my surname!)