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...Excuse me, I’m sorry to bother you, but are you an American?” a young woman right behind me in line asked in a McDonald’s here in Oxford a few months ago, detecting my unmistakable American accent as I was ordering a large French fries. “Because I’m really so sorry about what happened on Sept. 11,” she continued, “and I want you to know that all of us here in Britain were absolutely horrified...
...give free range to his political and spiritual beliefs, both those about wicked politicians and those about it being time to “unite what we say, what we think and what we do.” Though he was sometimes incomprehensible through crowd cheering and a creole accent, Beaubrun’s connection with his audience was palpable: when he bounced, they shook the floor. When his fist came up, the stage was obscured by a forest of raised arms. One of the percussionists also joined the two Beaubruns at the front of the stage, exhorting the crowd...
...Berkeley Ph.D. has now learned of such things as the CUE Guide and has come to understand the nuances of attracting shoppers. “Sexier course titles!” proclaims the professor in his New Zealand accent...
...accent grave can make pronunciation a little tricky, leading some members to occasionally say SAH-BLEE-AY. “I don’t want to pronounce the ‘r,’” Chavez jokes. “I think it would sound better without...
Maybe it’s because his accent smacks of Worcester, Mass., or because he favors baseball caps over Brooks Brothers, or because he looks like a hockey player (he is one)—whatever the reason, few believe that Lannon goes to Harvard. And when they believe him, they usually don’t like...