http://www.imperial-library.info/content/thirty-six-lessons-vivec-sermon-ten

Vivec quotes the wisdom of Boet-hi-ah.

The preview videos for both Oblivion and Skyrim used the gravel voiced Dunmer as a placeholder, I have a feeling that maybe the voice actor is someone working at Bethesda and simply isn't willing to destroy his larynx with doing a whole game's worth of VA.

I was pretty let down when we got the Cockney Dunmer in Skyrim but I got used to it, I'm happy with the idea that they're a long way from Red Mountain and the Tribunal