In response to Re: DD Dragon Wenzhou (John Austin (in Newfoundland))

In regards Scottish accents I suggest that you read the book 'does accent matter?' written by John Honey in which he describes the educated Scottish accent as being a thing of beauty. This idea seems to be backed up by British call centres who in the past have generally located themselves in Scotland because research showed that customers preferred to speak with someone with a Scottish accent (that was of course before they moved all their operations to India). On an episode of QI I watched recently it was also suggested via research that airline passengers feel more confident in the ability of a pilot who has a Scottish or Geordie accent.

Of course on the other you can watch old episodes of Rab C Nesbitt in order to hear the cockney scotch or Glaswegian accent at its most extreme and incomprehensible.