Sentence examples for true accent from inspiring English sources

Seamus gave a mesmerizing, witty and emotional performance, and it was a rare opportunity for me to hear the sound of his words spoken with their true accent.

So no, you don't "acquire" a true accent from being drunk.

Not only do we not get true accents when we drink, we're probably also stereotyping accents.

In 1933, A. E. Housman sided with Browning's and Mathew's interpretation and connected Smart's madness with poetic genius in his lecture The Name and Nature of Poetry: "As matters actually stand, who are the English poets of that age in whom pre-eminently one can hear and recognize the true poetic accent emerging clearly from the contemporary dialect?

St Patrick now speaks to the world in the true civilising accent of Mary Robinson.

"Before Joan made such an enormous impact in Dynasty, a true Brit accent wasn't a particular advantage in Hollywood," he said.

Lowell attempted to emulate the true Yankee accent in the dialogue of his characters, particularly in The Biglow Papers.

You want to do a true New York accent, not an impression of e.g. Brad Pitt.

You want to do a true Irish accent, not an impression of Leonardo DiCaprio.

would be (pronunciation): "Am gan tae the shoaps oor air" The vowels are key in a true Scottish accent.

I took a clipboard to the streets of Liverpool and surveyed 100 passersby, figuring the best way to gain an insight into the true extent of accent discrimination was to look at the city it supposedly affects the most. .