Today, many of those South Shields locals -- who speakwith the distinctive northeastern accent known as Geordie -- are returning to Yemen to reconnect with the culture of their forefathers, said Gharavi.
They fled to North America in the 19th Century to avoid persecution, but many Hutterites still speakwith a heavy German accent and they mostly talk and pray in a German dialect.
The main reason for the success of the Philippine call centres is that workers speak English with a neutral accent and are familiar with American idioms which is exactly what their American customers want.
Colin Farrell, buzzing with the chance to speak in his native accent again, plays a mean piece of work named Lehiff, whose plan is to take a girl hostage and thereby put the squeeze on her new man, the manager of a bank.