Hi Elliot, yes I know all about Dr Currie but as you say he was schooled in Dumfries and would have an idea about 'local' pronunciation. I agree with you and a previous post that there are many different pronunciations in Scotland (as elsewhere) but I do grue slightly when I hear Burns' songs, and other Scottish songs, given that dreadful mim mo'ed 'posh' anglified treatment. I knew Kenneth McKeller who was a fellow Paisley Buddie and, incidentally, recorded a song of mine but he said he had no sense of Scottish folk music and was brought up listening to classical recordings. That said, he was a fine interpretor of Burns.