Re: KV, Humans, and Political Divisions

At 6:38 PM +1300 3/13/00, Andrew Martin wrote:
><x-charset Windows-1252>Brian wrote:
>>  Similarly, I've met very few Aussies or Kiwis who could tell an
American
>from a Canadian very easily,...
>
>One my more embarrassing moments was thinking my friend's accent was
>Canadian, when in fact, he was Ukrainian.

I used to be able to identify (some) German regional accents, this 
lead to a bit of confusion with a lady from Ireland whom I could have 
sworn was from somewhere near Munich... Also note, a Hebraic accent 
sounds Germanic, but DO NOT make that mistake.
-- 

Michael Carter Llaneza
Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1991-1950
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