Four years on, she still struggles to convince people that she is a born and bred American.

interesting! Good clip.

The things we learn at Clipmarks. Never thought I would stumble upon this kind of information.

Even worse, my ex had a stroke and began speaking like a fundamentalist Bible-thumper who not only warned me against Hell but often told me to go there. Why, O, Why couldn't he have developed a pleasing foreign accent instead?

The weird thing is I always thought that a cockney accent makes the speaker sound if they've recently had a stroke.

WOW! I wonder if I could pass the bar examine too...just because of a stroke?