With respect -- Mrs Hughes (later Carson) on Downton Abbey clearly speaks with a Scots accent, not West Country. Being Canadian born, I'm not Scots myself, but I say that on the authority of having grown up in British Columbia back when Scots and English emigrants were everywhere.
Odd that there was no mention of "bastard" in the episode. To me "son of a bitch" is synonymous with "bastard" both objectively—the implication that the person's mother is promiscuous—and subjectively—being kind of old-fashioned, and sometimes used in and ironic or admiring way.
With respect -- Mrs Hughes (later Carson) on Downton Abbey clearly speaks with a Scots accent, not West Country. Being Canadian born, I'm not Scots myself, but I say that on the authority of having grown up in British Columbia back when Scots and English emigrants were everywhere.
Where do I submit the idea for a true crime podcast?
Odd that there was no mention of "bastard" in the episode. To me "son of a bitch" is synonymous with "bastard" both objectively—the implication that the person's mother is promiscuous—and subjectively—being kind of old-fashioned, and sometimes used in and ironic or admiring way.