"Shimrod, I am aware that you dsapprove of peopole singing," I am a little teapot" with the actions, you have now added another thing you disapprove of, people singing american songs in English accents, ..."

I, personally, dislike those things. Presumably, I am supposed to like and approve of everything that people insist on perpetrating in folk clubs these days? Just for the record, here's a list of other things that I dislike:

- Guitarists who think they're virtuosos and accompany their, often over-complicated and borderline inept, guitar playing with their voices (think about it).

- People who sing from crib sheets (learn the f**king words - it's not hard!!!).

- People who have a limited repertoire of a few comic songs (e.g. about teapots) and folk song parodies and insist on singing them week after week after f**king week. They may have been mildly amusing the first time (questionable) but they are just torture the 30th or 40th time!!

- A 30 verse ballad sung by one of the worst singers in the room. To add insult to injury it may be the only traditional song of the night!

- Pop songs sung by wilfully ignorant ... persons ... who have arbitrarily decided that "everything that folk sing is folk". I am reminded of a line in a post above: "People will judge what is folk based on whether it's their idea of folk ..." Give me f**king strength!!!

So there you go, GSS, pick the bones out of that and then sue me!