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Brit woman met 'alien' with 'Scandinavian-type accent'.
Asian News International; Mar 23, 2009; 415 Words ...in Suffolk in a state of distress and said that she was approached by an extra-terrestrial with a "Scandinavian-type accent" in a light brown flying suit, reports the Daily Star. According to her, the alien said that the purpose of their...
FOREIGN CHANNELS; ACCENT RUGS ARE TURNING UP IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORES AS SUPPLIERS BRANCH OUT.
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; Jan 5, 2004; ; 700+ Words ...grocery, garden center or hardware store and pick up an accent rug, too. Accent rugs are increasingly turning up at locations not...the suppliers finding that there's a market for accent rugs in unexpected, and sometimes unusual, retail...
3PLs put accent on IT services: for users of 3PL services, the type and availability of IT services offered by the provider is becoming a bigger factor in the evaluation and selection process.(SPECIAL REPORT: 2009 3PL UPDATE)
Supply Chain Management Review; Jul 1, 2009; ; 700+ Words ...and the logistics services providers. "3PLs are now getting involved in more on-demand technologies," Sutherland says, pointing to one popular delivery method. Increasingly, these and other types of IT services are being offered by
Business types everywhere would benefit by listening to a chap with a Ted Hughes accent and a David Lodge haircut declaiming poetry
The Independent - London; Jul 1, 1995; ; 700+ Words ...lists by storm. Whyte's argument appears to be that business types everywhere would benefit, in vast but unspecified ways, from...the simple expedient of listening to a chap with a Ted Hughes accent and a David Lodge haircut declaiming poetry to them, three...
Furniture should dictate dining room trappings Traditional look need not require an elaborate setting; Waking up a tired breakfast area Dark floor, floral patterns on walls create a bright contrast Q. How do I go about adding some flair to a tired breakfast area? At present, it has yellow-painted walls...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Mar 10, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...me that they love traditional furnishings but can't afford all the trappings that are supposed to accompany pieces of that type. I often tell them in turn that they may be making an unwarranted assumption. As much as I talk about the importance of a room...
Tracking Musical Patterns using Joint Accent Structure
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology; Dec 1, 1997; ; 700+ Words ...frequency). Accents arise from changes...refer to an accent defined by a...distinct accent "type." Instances of various accent types may mark out...occurring melodic-type accents by virtue of...of temporal-type accents through lengthened...effects of ...
Saisiyat as a pitch accent language: evidence from acoustic study of words.
Oceanic Linguistics; Dec 1, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...reviews definitions of pitch accent, describes the acoustic parameters...literature on the influence of accent and coda types on the realization of prominent...realization of Saisiyat pitch accents, and the ways in which the...classification of Saisiyat as a pitch accent language. 2. ...
The effect of listener accent background on accent perception and comprehension.(Research Article)(Report)
EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing; Jan 1, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...that the listeners' accent background impacts...ability to categorize accents. Speaker accent type affects perceptual...categorization of accent variation, accents are categories in...refer to a certain type of accent, such...
The effect of accent evaluation and evidence on a suspect's perceived guilt and criminality.
The Journal of Social Psychology; Feb 1, 2004; ; 700+ Words ...speakers with standard accents benefit from a range...speakers with nonstandard accents (for comprehensive...present investigators, accent evaluation in psycho...manipulate (a) the type of crime involved...main effect for speaker accent on attributions of guilt: regardless of crime ...
Tongan accent (1).
Oceanic Linguistics; Dec 1, 2001; ; 700+ Words ...previous accounts of Tongan accent--especially those...table 1 into the first type: (CV)CVCV. (4...5) What of the other types--those that constitute...did not mention this type specifically, one should...short) vowel to mark a type of definiteness. In...speech style. 2.2 ACCENT IN ...
LAW: Discrimination Based on Accent or Manner of Speaking
Asian Pages; Jul 14, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...times. Another area where my accent proves to be a source of discomfort...dialed by a person with an accent. My usual response to this type of situation is a quick hang...Minnesota native. However, when accents interfere with obtaining a...Worker Harassment Based on Accent or Manner of ...
Details about retailers' business; survey extends to cover product mix, advertising, mark-downs, employee pay, benefits and operations. (2002 Retail Profile).(2002 Home Accents Today Retail Profile survey )(Statistical Data Included)
Home Accents Today; Jun 1, 2002; 700+ Words ...physical size, both home accent and gift stores are fairly...selling space, both home accent stores and gift stores use...added locations. Both home accents and furniture stores were more aggressive with 11% of each type opening a new store, compared...stores. For 2002, 6% of home accent ...
THEIR ACCENT IS ON SUCCESS IMMIGRANTS WORKING IN U.S. STRUGGLE TO IMPROVE SPEECH.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); Nov 6, 2005; 700+ Words ...reduction.'' ``Accent reduction'' - which...to do away with heavy accents have flourished in cities...regularly fill their ``accent reduction'' classes...Russians in energy type companies and there...Asian descent that need accent-reduction training...of Hispanics in all types of ...
Accent can give wrong message.(Features)
Birmingham Mail (England); Jul 3, 2008; 685 Words ...interview, you must hide your accent! "It is a type of discrimination that is...understand that a person's accent can have a real effect on...law stating that regional accents cannot be discriminated against...that they need to hide their accent in an interview. "Although...their ...
ACCENT
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language; ; 700+ Words ...people can identify the main accent types in their language and those...not easy to say just what an accent is. Phoneticians and linguists...features come together to form accents, although they can list such...aspects of particular accents. Accent and dialect It is also not...
Have you got the strongest SCOUSE accent? To celebrate Liverpool's historic forthcoming birthday, the ECHO is launching a competition to find the person with the strongest Scouse accent. Tony Barrett reports.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); Jul 30, 2007; 700+ Words ...difficult to pin down a particular type of Scouse accent to any particular place...largely because the type of accent you have comes down more to...people still have the strongest accents and it is also often the case...the city, the stronger the accent will be." But how does that...
Word processing for the world. (Accent Software International Accent 1.0 word processing software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Computer Shopper; Dec 1, 1994; ; 700+ Words Accent 1.0 Accent Software International...for linguists: It lets you type in a wide variety of character types, including Greek and Cyrillic...addressed: the multilingual. Accent is a basic word processor with...your keyboard, letting you type, view, and print your documents...
Accent on sales: rug makers go after a growth category.(Supplement)
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; Apr 22, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...lies in the fact that accent rugs straddle two broad...Traditionally, home textiles accent rugs are oriented to...whether home textile accents are impulse buys. The...consumer is buying all types of rugs," says Tom...we're going after accents." Rug industry accent rugs are not as ...
Accent Software International Ltd. signs agreement with the Schadt retail chain in Germany; Accent Express Multilingual Word Processor to be Bundled on All Proline PCs and Laptops Sold in Schadt Stores.
Business Wire; Jan 18, 1996; 700+ Words ...Accent Software International. Accent Software International's branded...Windows, including Windows 95. Accent supports all of the European...Arabic and Hebrew. Users can type and print in more than 30 languages...languages in the same document. "Accent Express will provide our customers...
ACCENT SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CREATIVE LABS; Accent Multilingual Word Processor Offered with Creative Labs User Upgrade Kits.
Business Wire; Sep 6, 1995; 700+ Words ...Accent Software International's Accent multilingual word processors...language version of Windows. Accent supports all of the European...Arabic and Hebrew. Users can type and print in more than 30 languages...languages in the same document. "Accent is a great product for us...
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