I have allways been fascinated by accents, for me the master has to be Robert Carlyle, (Begbie- Trainspotting) as well as being one of the greatest actors produced by this fair country, his mastery of accents its astonishing, he was a Weegie in trainspotting, he added some Highland embellishments for Hamish Mcbeth, was a scouser in 51st State (I think it was called something different in the states) and recently played Hitler!!- and this was a truly chilling performance I urge anyone who enjoys watching a "real" actor to watch this, as opposed to wooden "superstar" performances.

In the city there is a beautiful chinese resteraunt I frequent, and its fun watching the tourists faces when the head waiter (whos father and mother came from Kowloon) greets guests in a perfect Highland accent !

I think the problem with Irish and Scots accents is peoples perception of them, especially overseas is very different to the reality, if people think that all Scots speak like groundskeeper Willie or Billy Connely then they are in for a dissopointment, there are some areas of Aberdeen where the accent is so flat and no trilled Rs. the the island accents as so different too.