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.
Never mind, I see the link above. I don't want to submit a proposal, so here's my idea for anyone else to work into an outline: who killed Juliette Hampton Morgan? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Hampton_Morgan
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.
You're right, Richard. The actor (OK?) Phyllis Logan, who plays her, uses her own Scottish accent. I'm English, by the way.
Where do I submit the idea for a true crime podcast?
Never mind, I see the link above. I don't want to submit a proposal, so here's my idea for anyone else to work into an outline: who killed Juliette Hampton Morgan? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Hampton_Morgan
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.