An adjunct to the recent topic about English...
http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/ This is an amazing online speech accent archive of how people from many cultural, ethnic and national backgrounds sound when speaking English. Over 200 different speech samples are available, and I believe contibutors are welcome.
Understanding is helped when we share common values, and values are taught via common languages -- so here's to exploration and understanding!
(plus, acquiring a sexy Eastern European accent wouldn't hurt, either )