Quotes About Accent

Quand Suzanne imitait l'accent français, mon accent, elle m'offrait la physiologie de notre langue. Son visage rétrécissait, ses sourcils se haussaient, elle redressait la tête, baissait à demi les paupières, avançait une bouche hautaine et boudeuse : Vous autres, maudits Français, toujours à parler avec votre bouche en cul-de-poule, comme si vous chiiez des Å"ufs en or sur nos pauvres têtes!

Gabriel wondered why CNN had become so enamored with British reporters. He supposed it was the accent. The news always sounded more authoritative when delivered with a British accent, even if not a word if it was true.

This is probably going to sound a little weird"—he made a sound like a soft chuckle—"sorry. The accent on your voicemail reminds me of my mom's sister. She's from Savannah. She used to call everything bat-shit crazy. That's what made me laugh just now." The voice stopped, and Harper thought he'd disconnected. A

L'accent, c'est l'émotion d'une langue.

When's a door not a door? she'd said in her thick accent. When? he'd asked When it's ajar.

What a funny and charming accent! Did you say it was New York you came from, Miss Hunter - the Bowery?" Gay lay down and yawned, and pulled the blanketing swaths of grass over herself. "Pity you weren't properly smacked in your younger days, Lady Jane. Good night.

You are avake, yah?" said a voice in a horribly recognizable accent. "Yah," I muttered, rubbing my head. "And you are still a jerk, yah?

The word was out that maybe, just maybe, a British accent would fit. The hair, the skin tone and the bridgework would have to be up to American network standards, but there had been a lot of British accents up there thanking their mothers for their Oscars, a lot of British accents singing on Broadway, and some unusually big audiences tuning in to British accents in wig on Masterpiece Theatre.

Flatbush accent.

Queens, by the accent.

I personally am not conscious of my accent.

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.

I hear my voice and I cringe, I kind of hear Philadelphia in there, my hometown.

As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.

Coming in and out of Hollywood for pilot season, I may have to thicken my accent or hear that, physically, I'm not Latino. I not only am, but there's another 50,000 people who look exactly like me.

Color is a very personal thing. You need to make sure to choose a color that makes you happy. But I don't recommend accent walls - choose a color you can live with on all four walls.

I made some flippant remark about not wanting my son to grow up with an American accent, and the next thing I knew, there were people in America suggesting I head back to Britain if I was unhappy at such a prospect.

America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.

I talk funny 'cause I come from Canada.

People are amazed that I'm Canadian and I don't have this crazy accent.

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.

People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too.

I grew up in Stoneham, a little suburb of Boston. It's pronounced 'Stone 'em' because Massachusetts doesn't bend to the will of 'how letters are supposed to be said.'

People in New York are surprised when I open my mouth.