Steve Gardham,
To insult someone because they have a different point of view, does not strengthen anyones argument,
The point that learning a song by oral transmission, Means that it automatically becomes traditional is imo flawed, composed songs by lennon and mcartney do not become traditional, just because they have been orally transmitted in person., neither do composed music hall songs, they are composed music hall songs, neither do composed pop songs, they may be good songs but they are not traditional songs.