#accents

I love accents. ↗

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. ↗

Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#accident #also #between #discoverable #except

Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: "What about Claudette Colbert? She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British? ↗

— Julian Fellowes

#actors #affectations #british #claudette-colbert #clichés

He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?" She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!" "I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent? ↗

— Julia Quinn

#humor #humor

I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun. ↗

— Albert Finney

#doing #fun #i #like #playing

She goes on the set with headphones and gives you notes. She's terrific and I always run to her now, because she is just great to work with, as well as very good at different accents. ↗

— Albert Finney

#always #because #different #gives #goes

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#maternal #me #more #nature #soothing

Flight 2039 to Boston is now boarding at gate 14A," a voice announced over the PA system. Nellie sighed. "I love Irish accents." She paused. "And Australian accents. And English accents." A dreamy look came over her face. "Theo had an awesome accent." Dan snorted. "Yeah, there was just that one tiny problem. He turned out to be a two-timing, backstabbing thief. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#backstabbers #dan-cahill #nellie-gomes #the #love

It can get a bit boring working on accents. ↗

— Kelly Macdonald

#bit #boring #get #working

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