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CONGRATULATIONS to Uzma Mir on an excellent article on attitudes to language in Scotland ( Why can’t Scots, in Scotland, use Scots words, without being called jakeys? , The Herald, May 4). Unfortunately we have a history going back centuries which has suppressed languages in Scotland. From the 1609 Treaty of Iona when Highland chiefs had to agree to send their heirs to English Protestant schools, through to various education Acts which discriminated against the use of the Gaelic language, speakers have been punished and disrespected with predictable results. The same dismissive approach has generally been taken towards the various Scots dialects. We are so fortunate that Scots Gaelic has not disappeared completely. Its daily use may sadly be hugely diminished, but the culture of the Gaeltachd through music, poetry and dance – not to mention language courses through the Gaelic College, UHI and the excellent Radio nan Gaidheal and BBC Alba– has been really encouraging, st

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