So, Kevin was a musician, and then an actor.

As Mike Harding gets asked, "Do you do this for a living, or have you got a proper job?"

I didn't think any of the accents in 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' were too strong, but I come from 20 miles from Brum, worked in the mines with Geordies, and lived in the West Country. The nominal Germans in that series spoke the clearest English, though.

I do have trouble understanding hip Negroes from American cities.

Do we still say 'hip, and 'cool?'