They rose to fame by disguising their Scots accents. But James McAvoy says he chose to direct a film based on the tale of a pair of Dundee rappers who fooled the music industry into believing they ...

For whatever reason, when people think about a Scottish accent, they don’t think about a black person having it. It just isn’t that common, but of course, people like this exist. The Popular fitness ...

Many Scottish iPhone users have found themselves struggling to use the new Siri voice-recognition feature, because the intelligent assistant cannot understand the accent. Siri has been a focus for ...

Scots have been left unimpressed by the accent of a Disneyland cast member portraying the Brave character Merida at one of their famous parks. A video introducing the new and enthusiastic actress was ...

People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found. People from Belfast ...

Scottish accents in Hollywood aren’t just limited to Sean Connery’s masculine rolling r’s or the late James Doohan’s faux-brogue anymore. After Pixar set its latest computer-animated extravaganza ...

Netflix fans have slammed Tom Bateman for having the "worst Scottish accent ever" in new series Behind Her Eyes. The 31-year-old English actor stars alongside Eve Hewson and Simona Brown in the dark ...