1.   General manager Jean-Claude Persais takes over, his gentle French accent belying his message, which is strictly business.

2.   But the archivist, whose Oxford-cultivated English accent belies his origins in Bangor, Maine, is also an investor.

3.   Her broad Australian accent belies the fact the family emigrated from war-torn Serbia only five years ago.

4.   Only their accents belied they were Scottish.