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I am grateful that the people of Telangana supported me when I spoke in the Andhra accent, just as much as the people of Andhra embraced my Telangana dialect.

~Allu Arjun

Topics: Accent Am Dialect Embraced Grateful Just Just As Much Me Much People Spoke Supported I Am

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The riskiest thing I have done in my fifties is to do a Polish accent for a new film. I had a great time working on it and two wonderful people to guide me. A dialect coach that I have known for thirty years and a Polish actor.

~Andie Macdowell

Topics: Accent Actor Coach Dialect Done Fifties Film Great Great Time Guide Had Known Me New People Polish Thing Thirty Time Two Wonderful Wonderful People Working Years

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I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.

~Andrew Scott

Topics: Coach Constantly Dialect Different Fantastic Had Really Russian Surprised Very Well Worked

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I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.

~Archie Panjabi

Topics: Accent American American Accent Another Bit Coach Come Deep Dialect Get Had Mysterious Off Something Then Too Voice

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The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American audience's ears. It's not the typical Southern dialect that we're used to.

~Audra Mcdonald

Topics: Actually Almost American Audience Authentic Dialect Ears Odd Sound Southern Typical Used Very Would

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The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American audience's ears. It's not the typical Southern dialect that we're used to. It has a much more percussive rhythm to it.

~Audra Mcdonald

Topics: Actually Almost American Audience Authentic Dialect Ears More Much Odd Rhythm Sound Southern Typical Used Very Would

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There's a famous slogan here in the Bavarian dialect, and we use it inside Bayern Munich. We say, 'Mia san mia.' Literally, it is, 'We are we,' but it means, 'We are who we are.' That's not being very arrogant, but we are very confident about our ability to win the game. It is about a winning mentality.

~Bastian Schweinsteiger

Topics: Ability About Arrogant Being Confident Dialect Famous Game Here Inside Literally Means Mentality Munich Our San Say Slogan Use Very Who Win Winning

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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'

~Bayard Taylor

Topics: Altogether Arkansas California Came County Dialect First Illinois Life Long Man Missouri Native Northern Ours Over Phrase Plains Short Short Life Soon Southern Texas Too Were

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What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Actually Almost America Asking Dialect Embodies French Jazz Language Like Musical Spirit

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From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has always been used as a way for generations to distinguish themselves.

~Christopher Moore

Topics: Always Beatnik Been Dialect Dickens Distinguish Freaks Generations Hip Hop Themselves Used Way

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