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He's actually enunciating that way because his wife was deaf. She could read lips, so he would enunciate very carefully.

This is actually quite a Scottish accent, however it does not really fit with the stereotype (Groundskeeper Willy et al). To me (a Scot) it sounds very similar to George Galloway's accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_AOTexf6uc

There are numerous distinct accents across Scotland despite it being a pretty tiny country.

I guess my expectation was that the older the recording, the goofier the accents would sound, due to changes over time. For example, the recordings of Edison have him sounding like no American alive today.

Haha, your average Scot might get upset by any implication that our accent is in any way "goofy" but I completely understand what you mean

>where's the thick Scottish accent

His father would have elocuted it out of him.