I'd call that far dinkum, and hope the ... mean it, or was it just a sweeping Usenet statement? I really mean it. Would you mean quoting enough of the previous discussion to keep things meaningful? Your statement that Mike asked about was:

Henley: Yes! The Dutch barely have any hint of accent when speaking American. A lot of Italians don't have much of an accent either. Italians?? they have the most recognizable intonation (italian) whatever other language they speak. Unless of

Henley: Yes! The Dutch barely have any hint of accent when speaking American. A lot of Italians don't have much of an accent either. Italians?? they have the most recognizable intonation (italian) whatever other language they speak. Unless of

Henley: I've personally noticed that scandanavians sound so English and the Dutch sound so American. Yes! The Dutch barely have any hint of accent when speaking American. A lot of Italians don't have much of an accent either. Italians??