drew_s | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 21 2007 | british, uk, bbc
Great story, and absolutely true. Also, the argument comes from Stephen Fry, who is wonderful - everyone should put "Peter's Friends" on their Netflix list.
Quoted: A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a "brilliance that isn't there", says Stephen Fry. So is a British accent the route to success in the United States?
- drew_s | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 10 2006 | bbc, news, liberia
Quoted: Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins work probing crimes committed over 24 years.
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