Help wanted: Scottish dialect

[Jonathan Lighter]

After 20 years, my opinion exactly.

Willie's accent isn't from Scotland. It's from Dan's head. If he doesn't
know the answer, nobody does.

Unless the query was a long shot ("Gee, wouldn't it be great if we
could pinpoint Willie's birthplace?"), it's kind of scary, really. I
mean Willie's a cartoon character!  He's not from anywhere!

JL

"There You Go Again...Using Reason on the Planet of the Duck-Billed
Platypus"
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Steve Kl. <stevekl at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Have they considered asking Dan Castellaneta?
> I'd classify it as "Second City-stylized Scottish." It's default improv
> Scottish.
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> - Steve
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:35 AM, <aallan at aol.com> wrote:
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> > From the director of membership and meetings=C2=A0at the Linguistic
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> > y comes the following request. If you can do it, please reply directly
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> >  David Robinson at drobinson at lsadc.org. - Allan Metcalf
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> > We=E2=80=99ve had an inquiry here from a person who=E2=80=99s working on=
> >  a Simpsons (the animated TV show) 20th anniversary special.=C2=A0 There=
> > =E2=80=99s a character in the TV show called Groundskeeper Willie who
> has=
> >  a Scottish accent, and these people are looking for someone to weigh in=
> >  on where in Scotland Willie is from, based on his accent. =C2=A0This
> won=
> > =E2=80=99t mean much to you if you=E2=80=99re not familiar with the show!
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> > I know you=E2=80=99re the American Dialect Society, but I wondered if
> you=
> >  had any connections with individuals who might know about Scottish
> accent=
> > s.=C2=A0 They=E2=80=99re looking for someone to interview on camera
> either=
> >  next week, preferably in DC or New York.=C2=A0=20
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> > Thanks!
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