Sentence examples for Lack of accent from inspiring English sources

My appearance and lack of accent always unsettles them.

The same team of sleuths that analyzed the tie suggested that Cooper's "lack of accent" is a sign that he could have been Canadian.

Others were quick to pick up on a distinct lack of Scottish accents, anywhere.

When I started job hunting, interviewers were surprised at my lack of a Hispanic accent and my light skin.

Rich Silverstein tackles six characters, but most notably appears as a young and chipper Sir Henry, who apologizes for his lack of a Canadian accent.

Home of Brown Ale, Viz, Tim Healy, Michael Caine's strange lack of a geordie accent in Get Carter … and, for a spell in the 1980s, television's most daring music programme.

In Britain, she said, "I felt my lack of education and accent always held me back in the eyes of the gatekeepers".

His smooth, crooning voice and lack of a pronounced Southern accent made his music palatable for a wider audience, starting endless subsequent arguments (recent ones revolve around Shania Twain) about what makes a song "country" if most of its distinguishing marks are pop-derived.

As Henderson says, these should be high-quality contests, with no questioning the commitment of the players involved to the cause they are representing, despite the lack of authenticity of their accents.

The answer lies in her gender, her poverty, her lack of formal education, her regional accent — as it might even today.

Additionally, my accent and lack of some English conversation skills negatively influenced my motivation.