Michaelr, I dont have to prove anything to you or the likes of you. Our leid is recognised by the Coonsil o Yoorup as a fully fledged langidge. You mist be another member if the Gaelic Nationalist Front. You micht hae blinded the wurrld wi' the likes of "Riverdance" and "the Chieftains" but when examined, these so called Irish cutlural items have their roots in Ulster Scots music and culture brought o'er tae Scotland thousands of years ago and brocht back tae the mither countrie in the 16 hunderts during the s0-called plantation. This wis naething o the soart. We jist reclaimed what wis our ain. And this we will maintain!