Accents Quote by Rudyard Kipling

I hope America does not accept the kind of language that Donald Trump is using to describe our fellow Americans.

— Hillary Clinton

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

— E. V. Lucas

Americans don't speak foreign languages, by and large. Their interest in anything beyond the borders of the country is limited. A European of any…

— Arthur Miller

Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so.

— William Labov

The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to…

— Cate Blanchett

Giving English to an American is like giving sex to a child. He knows it's important but he doesn't know what to do with…

— Anonymous

American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

He speaks English, Spanish, and he's bilingual too.

— Don King

We just need more complex, important roles that tell our experiences as an immigrant; as someone with an accent, but also American; but also…

— Fala Chen

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake…

— Martin Yan

Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are.

— Sterling K. Brown

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

— Oscar Wilde