hello,

regarding Watson's voice, is it possible to imagine a Scottish accent? Some
scholars have suggested that Watson's family was Scottish, even that his middle
name was Hamish, the Scots equivalent of "James."

Anyone who has heard Conan Doyle's voice, preserved in a 1929 newsreel
interview, will have remarked on his accent. Perhaps Watson sounded much like
that.

Jeff


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Various Topics> Posted by: "pinaki roy" monkaroy@... monkaroy> Date: Fri
Oct 26, 2007 6:22 am>> Dear Sherlockians,>> This has reference to Tim’s very
interesting and relevant question regarding Watson’s accent. Considering the
considerable length of time Watson has served outside England and the harsh
conditions he has had endured as an army-man, it is most likely that his speech
would not be like any general London-based Englishman. It would be somewhat
harsh and rough-sounding. May be there are, now and then, a couple of oaths
thrown in, and some occasional profanities, all spoken out in a rather loud and
commanding tone. It would also turn perplexed as Holmes made his own points. It
is a pity that we are not told from which region of England has Watson hailed –
I am not going into the question of whether Watson is an Englishman at all, just
like Leslie Klinger or William S. Baring-Gould has suggested that Sherlock
Holmes is an Irishman! It would then have been easier to guess something about
the surgeon’s accent.
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