For all the great artists, philosophers and scientists that Scotland has produced over the centuries of its proud history, most stereotypes ... be hard for an English person or foreigner to ...

even if previous research has found that English people tend to be very bad at identifying them as anything more precise than "Scottish." But there is a stereotype that Scottish accents sound ...

these are traits often associated with typical Scottish masculinity ... where he was the only boy in attendance. "There's the stereotype – boys don't do ballet," Christopher explains.