How's it insulting, Shimbo? I directed it against a general attitude of an apparant & ill-founded orthodoxy which mutters of correct usage in the face of overwhelming evidence that there is none. Like God, Folk is a concept predicated on a myth; unlike God, Folk is a useful umbrella term for various genres (musical or otherwise) sharing similar aesthetic roots, though I might be at a loss to discern a common link between Bert Lloyd's collection of Folk Music of Albania and Gary & Vera Aspey's A Taste of Hotpot, but both were released by Topic, and both remain very firmly Folk despite any perceived disparities on my part.

Meanings arise from common objective experience; no one will dispute the parameters of what is meant by Dog, Beehive, Latex, Teapot, Irish Jig or Skrimshaw - these things exist and are quantifiable in objective terms. Folk, on the other hand, doesn't exist - it is a redundant concept of a cultural condition that has given rise to a popular usage inclusive of many different styles, idioms, genres, approaches and, by jove, possibilities. Keep 'em coming that's what I say; the more the merrier!