Square dance square dance, very rarely are two modern Western dances ever alike. Like traditional square dancing, recovering from occasional mistakes is often part of the fun. Dancers are encouraged to dance only those programs at which they are reasonably proficient, the default level of achievement being the Mainstream program. All programs are set by Callerlab, the callers' international association, which also governs the training of callers. Irish and Scottish dances are normally done to traditional tunes. English dances may be done to traditional tunes, though, especially at ceilidhs, there is experimentation with many different musical styles. The two types of American
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