Interview with Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie

[Ancienne Alliance]

Thank you for sharing.

I very much enjoyed the interviews.


Best,

Robert.

[denmcdough]

Thanks for posting the link. Very interesting, indeed. As I listened to many of the clan chiefs, I noticed something interesting...almost all of them did not have that heavy Scottish accent but, instead, sounded English. Is it just my ear or did anyone else catch this?

[macshorty]

Thanks for posting the link. Very interesting, indeed. As I listened to many of the clan chiefs, I noticed something interesting...almost all of them did not have that heavy Scottish accent but, instead, sounded English. Is it just my ear or did anyone else catch this?

I did notice that his accent was much more "airy" than I expected. By the way Kyle, those are great pictures.

[Jock Scot]

Thanks for posting the link. Very interesting, indeed. As I listened to many of the clan chiefs, I noticed something interesting...almost all of them did not have that heavy Scottish accent but, instead, sounded English. Is it just my ear or did anyone else catch this?

A mixture of English prep schools, English Public(meaning private!) schools, English universities, Sandhurst,the British Army and working in London to keep the Scottish estate viable has a tendency to water down(British understatement in action here) the Scots accent.

[creagdhubh]

A mixture of English prep schools, English Public(meaning private!) schools, English universities, Sandhurst,the British Army and working in London to keep the Scottish estate viable has a tendency to water down(British understatement in action here) the Scots accent.

Quite right Jock, and Cluny is a retired High Court Judge (London), so naturally he speaks Her Majesty the Queen's English.