That reminds me of Henry Kissinger, who always sounds to me as if he just got off the boat, but he came when he was about 12 I think - he went to high school in Brooklyn if you can believe it. But he has said that when he goes to Germany the Germans say he speaks German with an American accent. Jan Bettie Weyler wrote: > > This great little treatise reminds me of a friend from Jasper, Indiana, > whose family has lived here for several generations. He still switches from > English to German at will and, when relaxed, makes his English so accented > that you could believe he just got off the boat. He would assure you that > "Schwarzies" all come from Schwarzwald. > Bettie