100 Quotes About Accent
- Author Michael Douglas
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Sure, why not?. You close your eyes once in a while, put on a Richard Burton accent maybe - something from the home country, it gives a little variety, the spice of life.
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- Author Jennifer Ehle
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My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.
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- Author Jeff Foxworthy
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When I first started out, being from the South and going to New York or Chicago, people kept telling me to get voice lessons and 'lose that stupid accent you got.' And I'm like, 'Well, where I come from, you have the stupid accent.'
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- Author Martin Freeman
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I've not been called on to do a lot of accent work.
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- Author Rupert Friend
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The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.
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- Author Robert Grimes
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I remember the first time I ever drove through deep, southern West Virginia. I couldn't even understand the accent of the people there, you know. They couldn't understand me. West Virginia, actually, is a state that's made up of some different kinds of communities.
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- Author Elizabeth Herrell
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If companies work with outsourcers to build a structure that requires accent neutralization, cultural affinity, and a company product background -- if it makes the investment in their people -- then the performance could be good. But if they are merely going to a lowest-cost location, to an area that has already been mined for agents with English proficiency, then their customer service will falter.
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- Author Holly Hunter
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This character, I required no research, I really just brought myself, without my southern accent to the table.
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- Author Kirby Heyborne
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I got criticized for my accent more by Mormons than people in England. The people in England thought I was Welsh.
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