He cracked jokes in four or five languages yet retained his thick German accent to the end.
During the war anyone in Britain with a German accent aroused suspicion.
But for those grimacing at Pitt's German accent, the stand-in "Hee-mah-lah-yahs" provided some relief, as did David Thewlis's wonderfully understated performance as Pitt's long-suffering climbing partner.
At one point, he lost support from many of Mannesmann's German shareholders after making fun of the German accent and dry personality of Klaus Esser, its chief executive.
And she also took a swipe at Britain's representatives in Europe, both officials and elected MEPs, for "going native" - and even speaking with a "weird half French, half German accent".
They fled to North America in the 19th Century to avoid persecution, but many Hutterites still speak with a heavy German accent and they mostly talk and pray in a German dialect.
His attack on out-of-state meddling may also win votes: Wisconsin is proud of its distinctive culture, of its beer and the traces of German in its accent, of its footballers and fine cheese.
If her accent reflects her German origins and decades living in England, her tone expresses undiluted enthusiasm for the objects she gets to study and elucidate to students, faculty and the public at large.
Mr Grunfeld became a naturalised Briton, but never lost his accent, or his German syntax.
They were speaking German, though the tall, sunburned one in the lead had a telltale Namibian accent.
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