The notion of 'Queen's English' is usually applied to our pronunciation. — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
He said "cool" like I say a Spanish word when I'm not sure of the pronunciation. — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Remember that lettuce doesn’t grow on a spruce; and it also doesn’t rhyme with it.” — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
I think my style as far as vocal delivery and even down to the pronunciation of certain words is so deliberate. — Miguel Copy Share Image
Pronunciation has made many an innocent word sound like a doctor's orders for a stomach pump. — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Every time I get the chance, I just talk to myself basically in English just to practice my pronunciation. — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.' — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image
Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose… — Lindley Murray Copy Share Image
I get a different pronunciation at least every week. I think the worst one, or the funniest one I got, somebody called… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
“HOSTESS. Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly. NEPOMMUCK. Too perfectly. Can you shew me any English woman who speaks English as it… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There's always an added element of a poem when it's read aloud because then you can really hear the rhythm, and the… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?” — E.B. White Copy Share Image
“Of village: it is not called so because its inhabitants are of higher age on average; in fact, there is no connection… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
My uncle is from Argentina, so I grew up hearing Spanish. My Spanish isn't very good, but my pronunciation isn't terrible. — Moby Copy Share Image
If I stop being on good behaviour for a moment, my dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Yiddish has a down-to-earth quality that makes it remote from high-flown rhetoric, and it has a catch-as-catch-can charm derived from its stunning… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
“Ho ho ho, tell me why you are not at home' is something Santa Claus could ask you if you stayed in… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Set a page in Fournier against another in Caslon and another in Plantin and it is as if you heard three different… — Beatrice Warde Copy Share Image
Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Training is not just about opening your mouth and speaking about the topic. More than sharing what you know and showcasing your… — Myron Sta Ana Copy Share Image
Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“For my nymphet I needed a diminutive with a lyrical lilt to it. One of the most limpid and luminous letters is… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Keanu Reeves learned a lot, respecting the culture. I was surprised when I first met him. He knew a lot already and… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Once, BBC television had echoed BBC radio in being a haven for standard English pronunciation. Then regional accents came in: a democratic… — Clive James Copy Share Image
“Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I… — Gerard Nolst Trenité Copy Share Image
“The Rabbinic pronunciation of ת sometimes approaches the ס sound.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
And in his third essay Herodius (not Herodotus, a mistaken pronunciation, perhaps) said 'We can contend with the evil that men do… — Richard Boone Copy Share Image
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“It may be a silly way, but if you remember that an owl looks like ʌ(OO)ʌ, it will perhaps help you remember… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
I've heard every pronunciation ever, but the worst was when I was in New York for a radio show at some restaurant.… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
