Sentence examples for characteristic accent from inspiring English sources

(Ms. Washburn has invented a stream of silly, vaguely Slavic-sounding syllables to represent this unnamed country's fictional tongue, but has expressly forbidden the actors to speak them in any sort of characteristic accent.) As it happens, Sara's (also unaccented) English is disconcertingly good, but she also sees the allure in miscommunication.

However, the characteristic accent is another thing.

(His speech still carries the lilting accent characteristic of Somerset; "moon," for example, becomes "moo-un," with a melodic emphasis on the "moo").

Many Australian natives often have olive green or blue-grey foliage, this is another accent characteristic that can be an advantage.

She is a compact New Yorker with that city's characteristics - the accent (rich Bronx), the energy (she fizzes), and the unapologetic appreciation of what money buys.

Understand the characteristics of his accent : The best way to do this is watching videos of him on YouTube or on the SP show.

She has had the cast eliminate r's (saying poach for porch, gull for girl), which is not a characteristic of any Alabama accent I ever heard in my 21 years there.

We've learned that high-level corruption, like fine wine, has an assortment of characteristic top notes, subtle accents and distinctive mouth feels that make for a range of tastes and aftertastes.

Raymond B. Harding leans forward and speaks in his characteristic gravelly monotone, the Bronx accent as thick as the smoke trailing from the ever-present Camel cigarette in his hand.

It found that as university education has become more prevalent employers have turned their attention to other characteristics "such as personal style, accent and mannerisms, adaptability, team working".

We test over 20,000 frames of speech coming from several speakers with unlike characteristics (gender, age, pitch, regional accent).