They shared a mop of greying hair, a taste for smart suits, an accent and a love of stories.
Still, even here, even here, Miles emphasizes Cromwell's street smarts and rough accent from start to finish.
He was older than I, smart, had a great accent, and — best of all — seemed absolutely certain about me.
The younger and older Flossos held court on an old sofa, both making smart comments in an accent not unlike that of W.C. Fields.
Then James Murdoch (smart suit, soft American accent, a lawyerly manner Tom Cruise to his father's Jack Nicholson) quickly jumped in, assuring the MP that his firm had been "very clear" that "very serious allegations" had been levelled at the News of the World and this was a matter of "huge and sincere regret".
Morali speaks with the classic French accent, wears smart-as-in-Bond Street dress – light coffee woollens – and is quite podgy.
While they couldn't have appeared more different - Oasis all scruffy jeans and swearwords, New Labour smart suits and urbane accents - both grew out of the ashes of Thatcherism and the grey Major years.
Similarly, Google can use billions of voice samples it has collected over the years to build a smart system that understands accents and nuances, which make its voice-based search function possible.
Before TNT's most charming detective bids her final "Thank You; Thank You So Much," in the final season of The Closer — which premieres Monday, July 9, at 9/8c — we rekindled our love for all the Dixie debutantes of the small screen, whose hospitality, charms, and smart-mouthed sass accented contemporary television in more ways than one.
SAY Bon ee-vairh (ridiculous 'Allo 'Allo accent optional) Yes, smart arse, they were originally called the Management, but no more.
