Dialect Quotes

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However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more… — William Labov
Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so. — William Labov
Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
I have a dialect myself; it's more pronounced, because I have studied theatre and been in England. It's half-British, half-Indian. — Kunal Nayyar
As someone who's been doing a lot of classical theater recently, I loved the idea of getting to run around in Steven Alan, and not… — Lily Rabe
I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing… — Ron Rash
Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and… — Anne Lamott
I find standard American the hardest. It really fits in a different place in your mouth. Southern, I find the easiest. If you talk to… — Juno Temple
This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and… — William Labov
The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American audience's ears. It's… — Audra McDonald
In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence for… — Marshall McLuhan
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look… — Ralph Fiennes
In college, I went to school for acting; we had to learn phonetics just to be able to do dialects and all that stuff. I'm… — Eliza Coupe
Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak. — Jon M. Chu
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured,… — Mamie Gummer
When I was doing theater for all those years in New York, I did a lot of classical theater, wearing big corsets and big dresses… — Mireille Enos
My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job. — Brion James
I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. — Emily Carr
The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to… — Martin Henderson
The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we have about fifteen languages and three dialects.… — Ishmael Beah

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