By the way,some of us are very confused by the "Ulster Scots is a language" discussion, and also by the ongoing "Scots is a language" discussion which we hear all the time in Scotland. It is honestly difficult to understand if you think of languages changing gradually say from Birmingham-Carlisle- Edinburgh, or Dublin-Belfast-Rathlin-Islay-Oban.Could we see an example, say from our correspondent Sam or anyone else who supports this view? Here's a sentence in what I think of as English (I may be wrong): "My name is Greg, I am very interested in folk music, history and the origin of languages". What would that look like translated into (a) Ulster Scots and (b) Scots? If we could all see the differences, then we can surely discuss it together with more understanding.