Quotes About Language

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.

Mine is a European imagination, shaped largely by my very promiscuous reading in German, French, English and, with greater difficulty, Italian.

I promise that I will no longer use the word 'homosexual.'

I would like to use my know how and skills in the film industry to promote Haryanavi culture, language and movies.

After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!

We should have an easier name to pronounce.

I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor.

I couldn't pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I called him Balloon Belly.

We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.

Even when I speak English to my parents, I'll say an English word differently to my Chinese parents and friends than I do to my English-speaking friends - you know, I'll pronounce 'McDonald's' differently, because it feels right, and that's what I'm used to.

My last name is difficult to pronounce. It's Toussant.

I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly.

When I decided to start a career in the Hindi entertainment industry, I knew I had to put in efforts as I'm not very fluent with the language of Hindi, as I pronounce certain words differently.

For proof that our culture has gone to the dogs, look no further than the bizarrely parental ways many Americans talk about our furry friends.

Proper names are rigid designators.

I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.

When the medium of the film is English, even the illiterates also should speak in proper English.

The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come off as educated that it's not black and that it's actually anti-black and should be considered only something that white people would do.

I know I mispronounce things constantly, because maybe I read more than I talk, but I don't know the proper way to say a lot of things, even though I know what they are. But then I know I look like a moron.

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

Names and other proper nouns shouldn't distract from the language.

I was born and brought up in London, so I couldn't speak Hindi properly. But as I am socialising more with my Hindi speaking friends, I'm getting better at the language.

Take some elocution lessons; you can joke with Ebonics, but the truth is, nothing beats the King's English. Learning how to speak properly, and the art of delivery can take you very far in life!