Dialect Quote by William Labov

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways,…

— William Labov

However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but…

— William Labov

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…

— William Labov

There's a big difference between when I'm Tom and when I'm Conchita. Conchita uses very proper German; Tom talks in an Austrian dialect. Conchita…

— Conchita Wurst

“A language is a dialect that has an army and a navy.”

— Max Weinreich

I began to think that melancholy was a dialect that only some people knew-or could even hear-and in my conversations, I sought these people…

— Virginia Heffernan

Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English…

— Anonymous

If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.

— Jerry Garcia

I know how a Manipuri is different from a Mizo or someone from Shillong. It's culturally very different... the food is also very different,…

— Sayani Gupta

I am lucky to have been gifted with a good ear and the ability to mimic. If I can hear it... I can replicate…

— Robin Atkin Downes

I'm good with dialect. Some actors do it immediately; other actors never quite get it. It's something I've always really enjoyed and something I've…

— Scarlett Johansson

I guess I'd always mocked the American accent. I didn't consider it a respectable dialect, but I was told that it was.

— Callan McAuliffe