If someone said, I want to translate your novel into Igbo, I would say, Go ahead. But when I write in the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
In college, I went to school for acting; we had to learn phonetics just to be able to do dialects and all… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
I pity the fellow who has to create a dialect or paraphrase the dictionary to get laughs. I can't spell, but I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Canadian dialect of English . . . seems roughly to be the result of applying British syntax to an American vocabulary. — Lister Sinclair Copy Share Image
Behavior is mutable. It changes from place to place. It's like accents, dialect - it varies from one area to another. But… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
But there were years when, in search of what I thought was better, nobler things I denied these, my people, and my… — Agnes Smedley Copy Share Image
Partisans present some of the most refreshing music I've heard in a long while, uncompromising, very well written and very well played.… — Steve Swallow Copy Share Image
(Harry Reid) was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
I think it's extremely valuable for us to be able to have a conversation in more than one dialect, speaking to more… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I grew up being fascinated by accents and dialects. One of the things that interested me were actors that were doing different… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn't care about… — Geoff Zanelli Copy Share Image
I started by studying Kiswahili to learn the dialect. Then, I studied tapes, documentaries, footage, and audio cassettes of Idi Amin's speeches.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I think dialects should be left alone. People should write in whatever dialect they feel they want to write. In the fullness… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Never let it be said that dialect is a reflection of intellect. On the contrary, it is a reflection of the deep… — Patricia H. Graham Copy Share Image
I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
Quantum theory was split up into dialects. Different people describe the same experiences in remarkably different languages. This is confusing even to… — David Finkelstein Copy Share Image
One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth… — Cory Michael Smith Copy Share Image
I find standard American the hardest. It really fits in a different place in your mouth. Southern, I find the easiest. If… — Juno Temple Copy Share Image
My parents genuinely loved Vienna, and in later years I learned from them why the city exerted a powerful hold on them… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But… — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
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