My wife thinks I have an accent, but she comes from Germany so her opinion is not really relevant. She also says most of that were born on the coast tend to speak in dialect which is probably closer to the truth.
Only person I recall pronouncing it aboot was a scotchman.
I think it depends where in the continent you are. All the west coast speaks pretty much the same but easterners are often quite different.
Not the fire department's responsibility to post a guard on a burn building unless they needed to preserve evidence. Once the fire is out the property is handed back to the owners.
You should worry about debt. Especially government debt. Pro tip: Taking a cash advance on one CC to make the minimum payment is not good fiscal management.
If nothing else he can always go in the cheap jewellery business. Seems like a lot of people forgot what happened in the late 70s when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver market.