Chinese Quote by Clarence Nash

I used to spell everything phonetically, or I would have little tricks for words I could not figure out.

— James William Middleton

I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to…

— Temple Grandin

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I speak some French, Spanish, a little German and Gaelic.

— Terry Wogan

Kids in school told me my parents had accents, but I had no idea; they've always sounded that way to me.

— Karen Bardsley

One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese, and he and his mom would teach me how to say certain things so I…

— Anjelah Johnson

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with

— Amy Tan

I grew up speaking Vietnamese - that was my first language because my parents didn't speak any English, and I didn't learn English until…

— Hong Chau

Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have…

— Christopher Walken

I actually took French in school, can speak a bit and I understand the accent and understand the foundation of the language and verb…

— Jesse Marsch

Language-wise, my mom and dad's dialect, they're pretty obscure. It's Chinese, but not your traditional Chinese, like Cantonese or Mandarin. It wasn't something that…

— James Wan

I'm certainly not a linguist. I learned what languages I could learn in order to read books and I can't really speak them. I…

— Clive James