"Sorry, Allan - maybe it is just a tourist thing on the border, like the pitwheel monuments erected by the old mining villages of Co. Durham to remind them of their heritage. Does Tradition only equate with Old Fashioned?"

I'm still having a bit trouble getting what you are saying. Gaelic isn't 'old fashioned' as such. It may be a minority language within Scotland now, spoken by a small percentage of the popualtion, but it is still a living language spoken within communities by people of all ages. Culturally it is of course much more significant as a fair part of Scottish traditional song etc is in Gaelic. So the signs at the border are yes, for people entering Scotland, to let them know that Gaelic is a part of Scottish culture. A 16 year old Gael in Stornoway s just as 'modern' as a 16 year old Glaswegian!