Can your accent make you sound aggressive? Exeter City football manager Gary Caldwell thinks so—he blamed his Scottish accent for his being sent off the pitch for the second time this season. After ...

James McAvoy has spoken about the “bias” that Scottish actors face in the wider film industry. The Atonement and X-Men: First Class star, born in Glasgow, said that his accent had led him to be ...

A good Scottish accent brings images of bagpipes, kilts, and dramatically weathered cliffs to mind—but a bad one can make you look like a bogging bampot. The difference lies in the pronunciation, ...