But it isn't always about the precise pronunciation, the label of an "accent" can encompass more. It can also subconsciously be about the culture that goes with the language, the acceptable style of communication, all the extras that surround the accent. For example, I am not crazy about Italian accents, but my…

Noooooooooooo. The fancy scarf wrapping thing for men is so over!! Just keep it simple or you look like a total wanker living in 2007. A hilarious friend has dedicated her Facebook page to pix of celebrity men in stupid scarves.

I was so transfixed by her horrible makeup I didn't even noticed the eggs on her head. Sigh.

YES. Just freaking RELAX, Madonna. Can you imagine how embarassed her kids must be? So much worse than an uptight mom. Oh wait, she IS an uptight mom, she is holding in all in like ego constipation.

You know, we all knew Madonna was always a total ego-monster and is was ok back then because she was paving ground. But now am so sick of her. Thanks for all the great work and good times, but get the fuck off the stage. There are so many young women who kick ass today, making Madonna's schtick look really dated. I…

She just needs to retire. Come out once every five years and do a tour where people actually get excited because she made herself scarce. Like the Stones. She needs to take a lesson from an icon like Keith Richards and cool the fuck down.

Yeah, but don't you think she gained weight? She was so sinewy before and it freaked a lot of people out. She famously said that she never touched her children's birthday cake. She is certainly muscular but obviously eats something now.

Well, she has decades more experience than them, but I don't see her exerting that much effort here. Did I fall asleep and miss some great dance sequence?

This must be for those rich ladies because I am still trying to get grocery money from my ex.....

She is no way a 6 to 10. No way. Just no way.

Not a couple more pounds heavier. About 30 pounds heavier!!

Yup. In many countries, acupuncture is reimbursed by insurance. And many American supplements are illegal in Europe. Can't even send them privately via the post.

I kept hearing about The brand from Stateside friends and as Europe has a shortage of yoga gear, was considering carrying it in my store. They said no, they were concentrating on ONLY Australia and London (now I see that's because fully brainwashing employees is more important than expansion). Since then, the bad…

Since I lived for five years in the UK and worked as a journalist for the biggest papers, I don't think need a lesson from you. But thank for the kind thought.

Cracking up. You just have no clue, despite all your reading.

So silly. Of course. But I would prefer hearing a person's opinion if they have actually lived in the country for a very considerable amount of time, speak the language at least to a C1 level, have experienced the political, economic and cultural life in said country first hand in the last 20 years. If San Francisco…

Yes, writers never come up with things by themselves. Sigh. I lived and worked in Paris for almost 20 years (in argubly the most traditional French companies that exist), my ex is French and my daughters are French. But if you want, go ahead and believe that a dead Russian knows more about modern France.

oh yeah, because France and Holland are the same thing???

(Rolling eyes) Ummm... that is your reference for French people thinking Paris is the center of Europe??? Why don't you read their press and books from the last 50 years, say, go live there, and then come back and tell me about the French.

You have got to be kidding. I lived in Paris for almost 20 years and have never, ever heard anyone even insinuate to Paris is the "birthplace of modern Europe". That is the dumbest shit I ever heard.