February 11, 2005 05:51AM
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You're quite correct Merc he is a canadian.
When the show was originally cast it was decided that the engineer would be a scot because of all the famous scottish inventors.
James Doohan was the only actor in hollywood at the time who could do a scottish accent.
The reason he say aluminun in star trek IV is because it was aimed at an american audience.
I've heard this rumour before that studios will cater for the lowest common denominator in american audiences. which is why the bond movie license revoked was changed to license to kill just before release.
it also may explain the horrendous amount of foreshadowing you tend to get in american films
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