I am 65 and was brought up in Paisley, near Glasgow, but with a highland Gaelic speaking background. In those days we were discouraged from speaking Gaelic. I now speak about seven european and Scandinavian languages and am more fluent in any one of them as I am in gaelic. I am, however, 'ag ionnsachadh a rithist' and believe ther are a lot like me and much younger in Scotland in the same position. I must agree and disagree with George in that both Scotch and Scottish gaelic are correct. Both Scotch and Scottish are adjectives. I hate the use of 'Scots' as an adjective as it represents the Victorian, Presbyterian 'mim mou'd' attitude in Scotland in that time. Before then the adjective 'Scotch' can be seen in print many times over. The ludicrous phrase 'Scotch is for whisky and not people' is actually quite sad.
Jim McLean