but...er...don't you feel that sniggering because the presenters got the names of the instruments is just a tad snooty?

If not snooty then certainly nerdy, but there is that element in folk - Folk Geeks, who dig such exotica as bowed psalteries and dulcimers, so much so that no matter what instrument I perform with, be it a crwth, kemence, or a citera invariably some Folk Nerd will ask "Is that a bowed psaltery?" or "Is that a dulcimer?" instead of being honest about it and asking "What sort of instrument is that?" Folk isn't normal, nor will it ever be, thank God, but I still find it ever-so-slightly alarming to find the nerd / geek element snickering Moss-like when someone mistakes a melodeon for an accordion.

English folk alive & in rude health? Well, yes it is, but you'd never see it on TV - unless of course you hooked your telly up to YouTube...