Re: accents

In message <424B2BFC.4949@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
Iain wrote:

> > Have you a U.R.L.?
>
> I am not a website. I am a free man.

Ok. 

Did you get the reference? The creation of a man whose name suggests
he's a Scot.

Interestingly (?) in the credits of the final episode he wasn't named, unlike the other actors.

--
Richard Herring
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