I think there was totally unpartial, scientific, international research done to who speaks funny between our dear neighbours and us... Oh, yes. Found it:
Test sentence: "Island, island, grassy island; grassy island
I think one time online check is less hassle than having to keep the disk inside all the time. And since I can get back the activation I used even that is rather minor problem.
I have no problem what so ever in buying Alpha Protocol and playing it.