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Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes puts on Scots accent to disguise 'irritatingly posh' voice

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Miriam Margolyes has revealed she pretends to be Scottish when speaking to people in the street because “it’s much nicer for them” compared to her actual voice, which is “irritatingly posh”.

The actress said she changes her voice to make herself “more agreeable” to other people because her poshness can put people off.

Instead she taps into her Scottish father’s voice, saying it is “much nicer” for people when she is asking for directions.Speaking on Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre podcast, the 80-year-old said: “When I was growing up, I was born in Oxford which is why I have this very irritatingly posh voice.“I don’t want to be posh, I just am.

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