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    Made In Scotland

    Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country by Billy Connolly Published: 2018 Narrated by: Gordon Kennedy Length: 06:17 (288 pages) Growing up with two Scottish parents in Canada, I always remember Billy Connolly as the first Scottish accent I heard on television, excluding maybe Scotty from Star Trek and Sean Connery, neither of whom really count. Scotty always sounded like a drunk at a wedding trying to mimic my parents’ accents, and Sean Connery just sounds like Sean Connery. When I was young, I wasn’t allowed to see Connolly’s stand-up, since my parents were quite strict about swearing and rude humour, but that just made his comedy…