Modern western square dance of "patter calls" and "singing calls", the two types of square dance calls. The logos shown on the right are the international square dance logo and the modern Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance logo. Modern western square dancing is a non-competitive activity. There are no dance competitions, and apart from fun events, no prizes are ever offered or sought for 'best dancer' or 'best square'. Particularly at the 'challenge' levels there is large degree of personal satisfaction to be gained from the problem solving element of completing a dance. At all levels the main elements are to enjoy the
Comparison of Scottish Gaelic and Irish recent spelling reform has meant that there are now only grave accents in Scottish Gaelic, the opposite of Irish. Similarly, in Scottish Gaelic the prefix is always hyphenated, while in Irish it is attached to the beginning of the word, as illustrated by the languages' respective names for each other: Additionally, while the prefixes and are usually hyphenated in both languages, in Irish they are attached to the beginning of words whose first letter is capitalised (in Scottish Gaelic they are always hyphenated). A number of letter combinations are possible in written Irish which are not found in Scottish Gaelic