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Accents are fairly regional or so. Geppetto seemed to have American accent parents so, I'm not surprised. However, we've never seen where he lived for the rest of his life. But given that he lived either in the same villaige as Granny, or closeby, means he's just an outlier to the extreme.

For Malcolm, I think Malcolm may have had a british accent when young and then it slowly morphed into a Scottish accent or something. Not that I know how accents work, but Malcolm simply having a British accent would have been okay too. I think they tried to make Malcolm seem like Rumple's father with the sueeing and accent, but also wanted the British Peter Pan.

It also has to do with integration into the region. We know very little about EF, especially during Rumple's time. They seem to live in a mostly British accent place, with some American accents amongst the peasant folk. That would explain why Baelfire has always had an American accent over a British or Scottish one.