Originally Posted by
highlander_Daz
John Barrowman only uses his Scots accent on the phone to his mum! he moved to Illinois (hope Is spelt it right) as a young man, and was teased about his accent so set about changeing it.
Sounds like my wife's story when she moved up here (Washington state) from Texas to go to the UW. She got razzed so much about her Texas accent she set about trying to lose it (which wasn't near as strong as a Fort Worth friend of mine!)...
Originally Posted by
highlander_Daz
hes a fantastic actor/ singer/dancer , who despite his accent has never forgotten his Scots roots, he "married" his partner in a civil ceremony last year in a PC and the Kilt.
During the Cawdor segment he lapsed back into a pretty thick Scots brogue 
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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