At 11:29 AM 3/28/02, Dan from Philadelphia wrote: >Dear Listers, >I was finally reading several days of less-than-current Brin-List >postings, when I read Jeroen's comment about speaking Dutch. That we >could learn it easily by immersion, but who knows how long it would take >us to lose our American accents. And it reminded me of something that I >have mused before. "Are there languages in which an American accent is sexy?" >So my question is, is there a language in which those with an American >accent have an unfair advantage? I am thinking of Josephine Baker in >Paris, David Hasselhoff in Germany.
Jerry Lewis in France. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
