On the contrary, lads and lassies, I love phonetics.
As part of my finals for my M.Ed in Celtic Studies, I did a dissertation on the languages of the Ulster Scots.

Your poem was quite good as well, I thought, though I can't for the life of me think why you should have repeatedly drawn our attention to it - over two threads.

Which just leaves my unease.

I tend to get defensive about my family, no matter what nationality they are. And my reaction is the same whether its someone doing a D'Arby O'Gill on it, or an 'Och aye the noo'.

As you pointed out in another thread, a Sheáin, you find it difficult to express yourself on certain subjects, using the vocabulary that you normally use.
It seems to me, in that case, that the only use you make of your language is when you are being jocular. Therein lies my point.

It would have been far more consistent of you, IMO, had you tackled your vibration theory in Braid. I would have known then, that 'This guy is serious about who he is, and where he's at'.

But all I can see is an attention seeking Scots guy, taking the piss out of his own language.
I really wish I could see it differently.

But, hey, who gives a toss, eh?

B.
Yer a quare geg, tho.