1)Guest doesn't have much constructive to add!

This had been a "BS" thread and Joe Offer decided that it was of interest to singers".

Joe didn't add any related threads at the top of the page, so I'll cite "Fairwell to Gaelic?" (farewell), about the census results
and
Gaelic Scotland as others see us

2)Many respondents to the Gaelic Scotland thread discussed the likes of Broad Scots and Doric; you may see why some supporters of Gaelic feel pressed to defend their corner, to stress that they are talking about/in a completely different language! - though Robinia's messages are making me look at a different angle to the question of whether or not non-native speakers of Doric should Anglicise the wording/pronunciation of bothy ballads and other songs from Shonagh's part of the world. Maybe we should consider we have a duty to pass on the Doric.

3)Ulster-Scots is Ulster-Scotch in Ulster-Scots! also called "Ullans" as in "Lallans", a Scottish dialect which it resembles.
"houl yer wheesht" could be written in standard English as "hold your whist" and you can find "whist" meaning silence in ordinary English dictionaries. Some people say "houl' yer whist", but it just doesn't sound right in the "received pronunciation" of "hold your whist".