Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
Perhaps it's because John Rhys Davies (a Welshman!) gave Gimli a Scots accent in Lord of the Rings!
Well, Gimli has been around a bit longer than that recent film, as have the D&D dwarves. ;) Actually to me the canonical Gimli is Douglas Livingstone[1], and his is merely the second most recent realization of the character.

[1] from the BBC radio dramatization, circa 1981.