Dialects Quotes

30 quotes by 26 authors

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
But this is a story, and in a story there is always someone beautiful enough." - 'The Girl with Two Skins' from A Guide to… — Catherynne M. Valente
Poetry must find ways of breaking distance.... all languages are dialects that are made to break new grounds. — Giannina Braschi
Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and probably that… — Judith Lynne Hanna
Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English comes… — John McWhorter
The contribution of West African languages to Ebonics is absolutely infinitesimal. What it actually is is a very interesting hybrid of regional dialects of Great… — John McWhorter
I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms. — Ben Schott
We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women… — Jane Harman
And instead of getting a pepper-and-salt effect, we find very clear and sharp divisions between the dialects of the United States, which are getting more… — William Labov
Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food. — Ferran Adria

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