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Dialect Quotes

Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak Picture Quote #1

A frightful dialect for the stupid, the pedant and dullard sort Picture Quote #1

A language is a dialect with an army and navy Picture Quote #1

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel Picture Quote #1

I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself Picture Quote #1

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time Picture Quote #1

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Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are Picture Quote #1

Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect? Picture Quote #1

Children, and sometimes those of larger growth, will not read dialect Picture Quote #1

I went to a dialect coach and she told me that I had five problems; two were my Israeli accent and three were my New Jersey accent. I don’t even want to know what I sounded like back then! Picture Quote #1

(Harry Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one Picture Quote #1

Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don’t blame them. I’ve read books myself that I’ve had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache Picture Quote #1

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To creative people, the compendium of the white man’s dialect are unfashionable, because their creations are more than what the tongue could say Picture Quote #1

Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn’t care about politics or boundaries Picture Quote #1

Black English is something which - it’s a natural system in itself. And even though it is a dialect of English, it can be very difficult for people who don’t speak it, or who haven’t been raised in it, to understand when it’s running by quickly, spoken in particular by young men colloquially to each other. So that really is an issue Picture Quote #1

It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it’s just different English, and that what you want to do is add an additional dialect to black students’ repertoire rather than teaching them out of what’s thought of as a bad habit, like sloppy posture or chewing with your mouth open Picture Quote #1

Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it’s that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know that I’ll never please everyone Picture Quote #1

I guess I’d always mocked the American accent. I didn’t consider it a respectable dialect, but I was told that it was Picture Quote #1

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Shakespearean words, foreign words, slang and dialect and made-up phrases from kids on the street corner: English has room for them all. And writers - not just literary writers, but popular writers as well - breathe air into English and keep it lively by making it their own, not by adhering to some style manual that gets handed out to college Freshmen in a composition class Picture Quote #1

I am lucky to have been gifted with a good ear and the ability to mimic. If I can hear it... I can replicate it, whether it’s a dialect or just matching the tone of someones voice Picture Quote #1

An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another Picture Quote #1

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over Picture Quote #1

French was the only language we had in common, and even that was like a dialect we had picked up at a rummage sale, rusty and missing a lot of essential parts Picture Quote #1

In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style Picture Quote #1

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Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny Picture Quote #1

Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said Picture Quote #1

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Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak (Dialect Quotes) A frightful dialect for the stupid, the pedant and dullard sort (Dialect Quotes) A language is a dialect with an army and navy (Dialect Quotes) Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel (Dialect Quotes) I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself (Dialect Quotes) Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time (Dialect Quotes) Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are (Dialect Quotes) Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect? (Dialect Quotes) Children, and sometimes those of larger growth, will not read dialect (Dialect Quotes) I went to a dialect coach and she told me that I had five problems; two were my Israeli accent and three were my New Jersey accent. I don’t even want to know what I sounded like back then! (Dialect Quotes) (Harry Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one. (Dialect Quotes) Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don’t blame them. I’ve read books myself that I’ve had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache. (Dialect Quotes) To creative people, the compendium of the white man’s dialect are unfashionable, because their creations are more than what the tongue could say. (Dialect Quotes) Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn’t care about politics or boundaries. (Dialect Quotes) Black English is something which - it’s a natural system in itself. And even though it is a dialect of English, it can be very difficult for people who don’t speak it, or who haven’t been raised in it, to understand when it’s running by quickly, spoken in particular by young men colloquially to each other. So that really is an issue. (Dialect Quotes) It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it’s just different English, and that what you want to do is add an additional dialect to black students’ repertoire rather than teaching them out of what’s thought of as a bad habit, like sloppy posture or chewing with your mouth open. (Dialect Quotes) Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it’s that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know that I’ll never please everyone. (Dialect Quotes) I guess I’d always mocked the American accent. I didn’t consider it a respectable dialect, but I was told that it was. (Dialect Quotes) Shakespearean words, foreign words, slang and dialect and made-up phrases from kids on the street corner: English has room for them all. And writers - not just literary writers, but popular writers as well - breathe air into English and keep it lively by making it their own, not by adhering to some style manual that gets handed out to college Freshmen in a composition class (Dialect Quotes) I am lucky to have been gifted with a good ear and the ability to mimic. If I can hear it... I can replicate it, whether it’s a dialect or just matching the tone of someones voice (Dialect Quotes) An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another (Dialect Quotes) The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over (Dialect Quotes) French was the only language we had in common, and even that was like a dialect we had picked up at a rummage sale, rusty and missing a lot of essential parts (Dialect Quotes) In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style (Dialect Quotes) Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny (Dialect Quotes) Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said (Dialect Quotes)