G'day from me too. For the record, I don't find words offensive, but attitudes. So any word is OK by me, if it promotes the message to be passed; but some messages I might disagree with. But hey, I'm just one guy and there will be plenty of others to disagree with me in turn. We get into some nice ding-dongs here now and then, though mostly the discussions are reasonably civil. Several of us have met other Mudcatters in our travels, and we tend of course to be more unrestrauined in our use of language with them, given the familiarity.

Some are right wing (US democrats) and some even further right (Republicans), others are Tories, Labourites, Greenies, Anarchists, Liberals or simply couldn'tcarelessers. There are Catholics, CofE, Presbyterians, Orthodox Christians, others espouse the Jewish faith or are Muslims, or Wiccans, or simply non-smokers;-)

Some like songs, others go for tunes. Some like trad, others not. Some write songs, others sing, others just sing along. Some are club or festival organisers, others are touring artists, and probably the majority are of the usual floorsinger or audience persuasion.

And we each have our own definition of folk, airing it vociferously once a quarter or so on some thread or other.

Come in, Shane, the water is lovely!