Funny you should say that.
My wife and I went on a "British Isles" cruise in August and the local guide in Glasgow was the most incomprehensible of all. Divided by a common language for sure! :)
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov