@Sweetsound maybe some music is in order, could only find Stjepan Hauser, who is originally from Croatia, but I noticed he went to the same music college my girl went to, i.e. the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester - I still remember my shock when I got the first phone call from her and she sported the Mancusian accent after only 3 months there, but after that she moved to the Center of London, and suddenly it was 'upper crusty' vowels etc. - but that's what musicians do. - Here are the lovely Slavonic Dances (Dvorak)
