As a Burns purist, it makes me sad to see a Burns Supper become a de facto Scottish Night that only pays lip service to the man and his work -- which by the way, his collection of songs and his work as a proto-ethnomusicologist is just as significant as his own works.

While Burns may be difficult to understand at first, with a little bit of study, it becomes very clear that the sentiment behind the words is still relevant today.

T.