Downturn challenges Poland's tea-drinking fiscal hawk By Christian Lowe and Karolina Slowikowska WARSAW (Reuters) - With his fondness for tea in china cups and upper-class English accent, British-born Jacek Rostowski projects an air of cultivated calm, but the economic slowdown has put his job as Poland's finance minister in the balance. Rostowski, an admirer of ex-British leader Margaret Thatcher, has overseen one of Europe's few economic success ...
June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quirks in 'Utah accent' apparent in new study A new study highlights the differences between dialects throughout the United States, and offers insight into Utah's own unique accent.
June 10, 2013 - KSL Salt Lake City
Susan Lucci in International Herald Tribune I'm sure Eileen is lighting up the sky's in heaven with her flaming red hair and lovely Scottish accent,Lucci said. "The earth's loss is heaven's gain!"
Joe Biden in New York Times Six months earlier in New Hampshire, Mr. Biden said that "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."
Colin Farrell in Guardian Unlimited Academy Awards producer Gil Cates chatted with the two Dubliners, and Farrell joked that he would "do some accent work tonight" so his Irish lilt would be show-ready.