| 单词 | accent |
| 例句 | Bridey says it doesn’t matter what class of an accent an Irishman has for he’ll never forget what the English did to us for eight hundred long years. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Even if he had asked if the seat was taken instead of asking if it was occupied, I could have told that he had a British accent. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He spoke English with a thick, rolling Urdu accent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She has a strange accent, kind of like Dracula’s, and looks like one of the ladies Klimt paints. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The costume is right and the accent is decent, but something still feels off. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They speak to me, as John Kwang could always, not simply in new accents or notes but in the ancient untold music of a newcomer’s heart, sonorous with longing and hope. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Harley’s words were becoming disjointed and he was accenting the words at the beginning and swallowing the ending sounds until it didn’t sound like English any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Their accents sounded just like the ones Mr. Kapasi heard on American television programs, though not like the ones on Dallas. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her dark hair, accented with the occasional gray strand, falls around her face, shielding it from me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They all spoke with an accent, and came from a city Tally had never heard of. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Or date with a gorgeous Spanish girl who has an adorable accent. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Hello, darling,” the nurse said, her Irish accent tickling Carmen’s ears. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z It was always easier and quicker when she did the talking; a Middle Eastern accent would only provoke more questions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z TO-mah-to, they'd called them in her village, with the accent on the first syllable, making no distinction between singular and plural. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Here I have her, Old One,” said the Rider, his nasal, accented voice sofdy triumphant. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dearest Todd,” Viola reads, copying Ben’s accent as best she can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A voice, speaking English with an elegant Hausa accent, announced that the passengers from the London flight should proceed to board the flight for Lagos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ozzie responded first, his Jamaican accent a little thicker than usual. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His voice was an English one, without any accent Lyra could name. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When I heard him answer questions on the television shows coming out of Charleston and Huntington, he sounded nasal, with a strange, peculiar accent that wasn’t even standard Yankee. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t be happy if we grew up with English accents but better an English accent than an empty belly. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I thanked them cordially, they meanwhile inquiring in their seventeenth-century English accents about my condition most solicitously. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t sound like you have an accent sometimes,” I said, which was pretty stupid, but a darn sight better than throwing up on her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I could almost hear a man with a British accent narrating the action. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He's speaking English, and his accent is almost 100 percent American, like Starry's. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He spoke with an Austrian accent, which made Deborah wiggle her eyebrows at me when he turned to press the elevator call button. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Welcome to Mandarin Garden,” says the hostess in a thick accent. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, I heard my father speak to my teacher and felt ashamed of his labored, accented words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke in Kaede’s language with the same accent the Fairy Queen had. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the taxi sped along, Mami had to repeat the address for the driver because the man could not understand Papi's accent. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “My accent,” she corrected, “is perfect. It has to be, for roles, for Purcell and Walton and Vaughn Williams. But my vocabulary isn’t very large.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You ready to order now?” she asks in a thick Spanish accent. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His voice is deeper than I remember, and he has a little bit of an accent I can’t place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I’d been lulled to complacency by the color of skin and an accent that made home feel real. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “But I do,” said a defiant voice with an elfish accent. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Everyone I pass stares at me from a distance and then, as we grow closer, looks down at their feet and mumbles buenas tardes, senorita in heavily accented Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” she said with a thick French accent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Raleigh accent is soft and beautifully cadenced, but my brother's is a more complex hybrid, informed by his professional relationships with marble-mouthed, deep-country work crews and his abiding love of hard-core rap music. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "Chef Jammin' Jazzy's Spa-ghetto," she said in a French accent, which made it even funnier, since she had made an Italian meal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The whole thing is trimmed in lace with little pearl buttons as accents. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’d like to thank everyone who believed in us and our egg,” she said, addressing an invisible audience as if she’d won some grand award and inexplicably putting on a fake British accent. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In Calcutta, I knew, every accent is a surgical probe. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘Because nothing helps you make friends faster than a rotting corpse with a French accent.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As if, despite their different accents, they had finally met someone who spoke their native tongue. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Accents are usually performed by making the accented note, or the beginning of the accented note, louder than the rest of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z From behind us the last long rays of light played across the campus, accenting every slight undulation of the land, emphasizing the separateness of each bush. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As we continued, sound effects—a raging underground river, voices speaking in Ukrainian and accented English—led you through the cave, but there was nothing to see in this game. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Jones was thin and graying, his deep voice softened by a faint Southern accent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z His accent’s Cockney, or Estuary, something like that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells him that she had hated moving to America, that she had held on to her British accent for as long as she could. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m pretty sure that accent isn’t New Jersey. Who’s his—? Oh.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Any hint of an accent could be an invitation for judgment—that I’m stupid and I don’t belong here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When they ask him if the gold is real, he’s supposed to tell them “It’s real Stagecoach Pass gold!” with a cheesy southern accent. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Grandmère had a thick French accent that was hard to understand sometimes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It should be read, if you can imagine this, in the voice of someone with an Indian accent trying to imitate an American or a Brit. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z There were the occasional looks askance, of course, sneers from people upon hearing his accent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He said it with a perfect American accent. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “A beautiful day,” he says, his accented words crisp as crunching leaves, “isn’t it?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Modern-day scholar-workers, indulging in clownish display, adopted ghetto accents and assumed costumes of the rural poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But his thick accent set him apart from American students, who teased him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z "I am perfect ready," he replied in his heavy accent. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He has the best lines and makes them sound even better because he has an Australian accent. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The cockney accent had disappeared; Winston suddenly realized whose voice it was that he had heard a few moments ago on the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Rubenstein was in his early sixties then, a heavyset man with dark hair, a deep southern accent, and a very clear and concise manner. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Thérèse leans close and looks up at me, her eyebrows tilting like the accents above her name. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I detected a slight foreign accent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z And yes, I had that stutter and lisp, but I also had that singsong reservation accent that made everything I said sound like a bad poem. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Her immigrant father with his thick mustache and accent and three-piece suit would only bring her more ridicule. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My slow southern ears were baffled by their clouded, thick accents. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My score jumped another 500 points, and a message informed me that I’d received a bonus for my accent and inflection. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Ye need help?” he said, his strangely accented Russian reaching her ears on a heat wave that smelled of fire and metal. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He curses his leg, he curses the world, but he curses in a lovely English accent which he got from the radio, the BBC. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I began by imitating their accents, using their diction, trusting their every direction. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "First days are hard," she scolds, her African accent just as pronounced as my Indian one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Auma had ebony skin and brilliant white teeth and spoke with a strong British accent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who made fun of my accent all night.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He spoke English well enough, and what few words I could extract from him were accented but articulate. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She had a Pennsylvania Dutch accent peppered with German expressions that he didn’t understand and, typically, laughed at. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z What they found was a strange accent, a pervasive fear of their religion and firm resistance to their attempts to find work. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Aliens, yes,” Garret Charles continues, his accent growing thicker by the syllable, and bordering on German. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “My favorite is baklava,” he mocks me with a fake accent and laughs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Terribly sorry bout that,” a voice called out in a thick Irish accent. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then I’d listen to them in simulcast on the radio, and they would all have black American accents. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "I have tried to get in touch with other Americans," he said in heavily accented English. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "Maybe she couldn't understand your accent," says Grandma Rose. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Try some serves,” he said in his mellifluous American accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But how could people allow this to go on, Mark?” he asked in a heavy German accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her accent was thick, Eastern European, Shadow guessed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She also spoke English with a harsh-sounding accent, like she was always angry. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Not a trace of village accent remained; she had been away from the village for that long. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed we are,” the man says with a similar lilting accent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There is no trace of his parents’ accent in his speech. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried the smallest trace of an accent, and his words sounded like they were walking along the countryside, up and down and up and down the hills. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her British accent, one of the few things he clearly remembers about her, is gone; she sounds as American as he does, with the low, gravelly voice that had surprised him on the phone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Their flattened accents carry up into our apartment from three stories below. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "My name is Alayaya," she said, with only the slightest hint of her mother's accent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “She is my daughter,” a voice with a smooth-flowing accent rang out from the top floor, where Mrs. Laroux, Thorn’s mother, stood in a sharply cut powder-pink suit and a luxurious black cloak. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In heavily accented, hard to understand Castilian Spanish he described the necessity of eating portions of each of the foods on his chart every day. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Or not a poster, more like a flier: a violent shade of purple, with green accents and black lettering, risley in RETROSPECT, it says; just the last name, like a boy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were dark, but they were speaking too low and in English, so I couldn’t grab an accent or slang to place them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Bull thanked his daughter with an exaggerated southern accent, then took a sip of coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z While she spoke with a throaty German accent until her death, he had the choppy spouting speech of the West Indians. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a British accent so over the top you’d think he was making fun of Harry; Potter. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Once, while reciting his lines in a school play, Kanue was mocked by another student because of his accent. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “People like me are always thinking about still having an accent,” I said, trying to remember the operation of the salt, the liquor, the lime. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He speaks slowly and without any accents in his words. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Katherine’s development from solid high school French student to near-fluent speaker with a Parisian accent astonished her language teacher that fall. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “We use only real butter,” she says in her accented English. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They speak with the broadest accent of the district. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In America, in contrast, the great unwashed masses were increasingly foreign—and their genes, like their accents, were identifiably alien. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was self-conscious about my accent and my English, worried that I would bungle the words. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For by now he is aware, in stores, of cashiers smirking at his parents’ accents, and of salesmen who prefer to direct their conversation to Gogol, as though his parents were either incompetent or deaf. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They would mock my accent, like I was putting on airs. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Grandma Sands kept saying, “My family, my beautiful, beautiful family,” except with that Southern-style accent and all the weeping it sounded like she was saying “fambly.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered whether it was my sex or my accent that he was trying to figure out. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Maybe having a mom with a foreign accent makes paying attention to Mrs. Hameed easier for me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He speaks with a Southern accent, smokes fat cigars and wears a felt hat—winter or summer, hot or cold, don’t matter—a felt hat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z British accent, face like a Greek god, legs for days? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly his eye gave a blink, as if it had met something that either dazzled or shocked its pupil; turning, he said in more rapid accents than he had hitherto used— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He had a high-pitched, cultured voice tinged with a New York accent. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “We keep intercepting British accents on their radio messages too.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Can I help you?” he asked, his voice thick with the harsh burr a Siaru accent makes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps for the first time in his public life he mumbles, his voice cracks, and even an accent sneaks through. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Private jet, of course,” Benji said with a strange, almost British accent. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z My friends included a girl named Rachel, whose mother was white and had a British accent; Susie, a curly-haired redhead; and the Mendozas’ granddaughter whenever she was visiting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Perhaps I can be of assistance,” said Dr. Zinchenko in her thick Russian accent. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He fell in love with her British accent, and at first he couldn’t stop talking about her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some articulations may be some combination of staccato, legato, and accent. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I recognized his accent, a coincidence and a direct hit. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The voice belongs to a man, speaking in giddy Dutch with a heavy German accent. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Occasionally one of the children asks Moushumi to say something, anything, in her English accent. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "That accent is delicious!" someone calls out, and laughter erupts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Alex, fifteen and the oldest, understood English, but spoke with a thick Burundian accent that, combined with his deepening and sometimes cracking voice, made him hard to understand sometimes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Plus, people always ask her where she got her beautiful accent. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Then they hear his accent, notice the German tunic beneath the antique shirt, and decide they have a spy, a fabulous catch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had a Southern accent, different from ours, different even from the one Arkansas whites had. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it by heart and I don’t have to worry about my accent!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Even now, I couldn’t discern a Yiddish accent in spoken English, when the accent was my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I went to college in the United States; I guess some sort of accent stuck. My wife teases me about it, but I thought she was joking until now.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Her tall, sinuous frame was draped in vibrant blue silk, the plunging neckline accented with iridescent feathers that tickled the signature diamond choker glittering at her neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Like her, his accented words had the thick, choppy cut of a Baridian, a northerner. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z After a minute, Minerva picked up the tale again, speaking in the heavily accented voice of her grandmother. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z That’s just how he talks, but it sounds so musical and soothing with that English accent. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A man with a scar over his cheek and an educated accent stood up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even with her posh British accent, I was pretty sure that was sarcasm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His accent wasn’t American, but my grandfather couldn’t quite place it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The first voice I didn’t recognize, but the thick accent of the second one was unmistakable: It was Dusty’s bald gorilla, Luno. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His voice was gravelly, and his accent was heavier than Mamou’s. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z His thick accent betrayed him as a member of the tribe, but that was the only proof—he kept his head uncovered and his sideburns shaved. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z You might say each species spoke with its own unique accent. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The other guy had an American accent, Californian. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He made a stiff bow, then spoke in his weird French accent: “They are here, General.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “There been peoples here,” she accused in a husky, accented voice. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Wolf spoke with a strange, slightly foreign accent. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The soft and beautiful West Indian accent and way of speaking weren’t always dear. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Hunk has a visiting professor colleague, a Jewish guy with a thick accent from the kind of European country where most people drink a glass of antisemitism at breakfast. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When he spoke I recognized an Italian accent. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Because of that—and Rossolimo’s pronounced accent—Bobby couldn’t understand a word. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Of all the accented versions of English I hear in a day, I hear theirs most intendy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t understand your accent,” Mom told the principal. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t. It is you who has an accent.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When I was older, I came to recognize this as a Peking accent, which sounds quite strange to Taiyuan people’s ears. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lemoncello cleared this throat and started speaking with a flat and friendly Ohio accent. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z In the rush-hour crowd a Japanese tourist asks me a question, and I inch past his accent to concentrate on what he is saying. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She introduces herself with a thick West Indian accent. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Because of the log cabin interior and maroon accents, he looks like a candy cane in the middle of a lumberyard with his red-and-white-striped shirt and white pants. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Everything about this man, his commanding voice, his odd accent, warns of an unknown and dangerous threat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His accent mangled the J in my last name. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "The storm," Vogel said in his accented English, "it is closer than Houston reported." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nehemia replied in the common tongue, without a hint of her accent. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He put the accent on the ki in kilometers, instead of the lo, which was cool. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He was the only one of the Orkney dan who had refused to learn English correctly and spoke in a Northern accent—almost an assumed one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Park thought she kept the accent on purpose, because his dad liked it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She and her husband, Marlon, were from Grenada and spoke in a lyrical accent as though just about to break into song. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In his more public moments, Father Pinckney tried to hide his southern accent, but even through the Latin and the incense the state of Tennessee was advertised and glorified each time he spoke a word. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lorraine said, her accent getting a little shaky. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Her accent, along with her complexion, is a bit lighter than Baba’s, and people have a hard time guessing that she’s from Pakistan. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Some accents may even be played by making the note longer or shorter than the other notes, in addition to, or even instead of being, louder. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even Satan was described in his most intimate perversions in the Galician accents of this priest whose mission in this world was to rouse the conscience of his indolent Creole flock. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am afraid there may be a problem,” he said, in accented English. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Dear me!” she murmured at intervals with a ladylike accent. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “But the Americans love us Brits, they love the accent and the Queen and the double decker,” Emenike said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z An English accent speaks suddenly from somewhere deep within my mind, startling me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They shout to us in English, with British accents, I think, muffled through the rags they hold over their noses and mouths. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His mom is also wearing a shalwar kameez with beautiful floral embroidery accented with gold jewelry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I was glad he used a terrible British accent that time. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “That explains the accent. What brings you out here to the middle of the frontier?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He had a funny new accent that was more lilt and twang than patois. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z His accent was slight—he'd lived in San Francisco since he was nine—but when he sang, he became unmistakably Irish. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Her voice was breathy with just a hint of a Russian accent. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He wore custom Nikes and spoke with a Southern accent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She obviously speaks no English, and although my Korean is lacking I know the accents enough to know that hers isn’t educated. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman prays in a Norman accent; someone shares pate; everything smells of rain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I did not see why we had to move to a southern state where my father said you could not understand a word people said because of their southern accents. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Wait a moment,” said a heavily accented voice, and in the candlelight I saw the snake girl and her python looking at me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Some had actually taken American names, and others were doing great imitations of American accents at call centers and American business techniques at software labs. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Ew,” Henry says in a flat American accent, and he laughs and Alex throws an elbow. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z With her fair skin and dulcet West Virginia accent, Katherine might have occupied a fluid racial middle ground, easing her acceptance at the center. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “No cards; no emails. I got this machine that reads me my emails. It’s awesome. I can change the voice’s gender or accent or whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She uses an American accent to argue with me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bosses and foremen always show him respect and say they’re ready to hire him, but when he opens his mouth and they hear the North of Ireland accent, they take a Limerickman instead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His squinted eyes and fake accent were insulting. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Ive, who was seven, spoke English fluently and with no accent. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Alex hates how much he likes the way that one stupid vowel curls in his accent. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yes ma’am it is,” Lydia said, with a markedly thicker Southern accent than normal. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Her clothes, her carriage, her accent, all showed Deep South white breeding and money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been her thick accent that had thrown me off. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked in a peculiar accent: “Who are you, and why have you crossed over into our lands?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They made rough movements, and their accents were not American exactly, but peasant like their mother’s, as if they had come from a village deep inside China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think it at all strange that a thirteen-year-old boy in the unreconstructed Southern town of Stamps spoke with an En- glishy accent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know last Saturday when Chika and Bose brought their children, I was just thinking that Nigerians here really forgive so much from their children because they have foreign accents. The rules are different.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He’s got an accent, like Spanish is his first language. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It sounded fluent and native, not like Babulya when she spoke with her heavy accent. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Jule answered in an accent that matched the woman’s: general American. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking...something that’s gray. To accent the dreariness of this place.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As soon as she introduced herself, I recognized the English accent. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Your hair might become straight enough, your skin might become light enough, your accent might become polished enough—and you’d be reclassified as white. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that Patricia and Natasha spoke to him with full Jamaican accents, even though he tried to teach them the “proper” American pronunciation. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Cool. Still trying to get used to that Valley accent, Bollywood. It’s, like, so Galleria!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He would put on a bad French accent and mimic Boubacar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What is there about an English accent that makes people seem more intelligent than they maybe are? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Listen,” he said, and began to read with a feigned accent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “We thought we heard a game,” he said in a relaxed voice with the slightest of French accents. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The all-white furniture, accented with black animal sculptures and black-and-white paintings, was as polished and camera-ready as she was in her cream pantsuit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In March, an eager Mexican busboy with a heavy accent who had worked there for four years got a chance to wear a waiter’s tie. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He could tell—my accent was so strong. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, young lady,” he said in an accent thick with the forest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Visitors are not allowed at the dance! You shall be eee-jectedl” He had an accent—French, maybe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The second men should have traveled from other countries with other accents and other ideas. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I left the military, I sort of lost my way,” Taske bemoaned in a thick Aussie accent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He had a loud voice with a slight accent, as many in Village had, the traces of their former languages lingering with them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z As violent crime began to fall dramatically, New Yorkers were more than happy to heap laurels on their operatic, Brooklyn-bred mayor and his hatchet-faced police chief with the big Boston accent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Mami's voice was high and hesitant and slightly apologetic—a small, accented woman's voice among the booming, impersonal American male voices that interrogated her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Because my dress, oh, my dress is entirely covered in reflective precious gems, red and yellow and white with bits of blue that accent the tips of the flame design. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I note for only a second the Texas accent of the telephone operator or the Mississippi accent of the man who lives in the apartment below me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I know she’s tricking me just so she can make fun of my accent and make me sound stupid. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Danuta’s voice has taken on a ridiculous German accent, very accusing, which makes Helena giggle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He imitated Libby’s southern accent, called her Honey Chile and You-All, and outdid himself telling stories and jokes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In public, my father and mother spoke a hesitant, accented, not always grammatical English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This has the effect of turning girls into mere objects, while boys are seen by girls as whole people—” And then Lara stood up, and in her delicate, innocent accent, cut Dr. William Morse off. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Their words melt into the sound of water lapping against children—the steamy Accra air softening even the crisp cadences of their accents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You have to be five,” Mr. Ortiz said in his slight Cuban accent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt unfriendly toward them and irritated by their West Country accents. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And so she appeased Tochi, putting America down, talking only about the things she, too, disliked about America, exaggerating her non-American accent, until the conversation became an enervating charade. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I knew I had a thick accent, not because I heard it myself, but because kids sometimes made fun of me when I spoke English. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Stuart was trying to make his voice sound as though he had an English accent. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He sings feelingly, but with a rather Saxon accent. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z So I developed a heavy Bronx accent up in Ithaca that I had never had at home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z People who get what they deserve are getting their deserts—accent the second syllable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was flowing amber, liquid with the accents of the distant Summer Isles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” said he, in an accent of deep mortification, and not another syllable followed. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Speaking with European accents that locals couldn’t quite identify, the visitors asked for directions to “the cottage of Dr. Moore.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You!” he barks, his accent more Flemish than French. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Now the look he was giving me was really ugly, and I wondered whether he’d heard a New York accent recently and found mine a poor match. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Now one of them spoke to the Negro with the Virginia license and the northern accent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z What if they made fun of my accent? Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, the cabbies in this town are sharks,” he said in perfect English, without a trace of an accent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But he still dreams that his children will someday join the millions who have lost their accents, gotten good educations, and firmly achieved the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I think I told Julie I was afraid of getting my uniform wrong and people laughing at my accent, and I suppose in a sense I am still worried about these things—with better reason. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She would tell me in her maniacal westside of Chicago accent that she really liked me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I said it with the Spanish accent at the end, like Jess did. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Before the deportation notice, he refused to speak with a Jamaican accent or use Jamaican slang. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to wait for Mr. Shaved Head with the British accent to contact me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And there simply were too many English-speaking people in my day for me to hear American accents anymore. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a clipped, vowel-flattened way of speaking that told me he was from somewhere else but faking a British accent, though not particularly well. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes we insisted that she sing with us, and she would join in with an unsteady pitch and heavy Tianjin accent, wagging her head and moving her arms just as we did. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In English I can fake an Orkney accent better than a German one, so we went with that when I was operational—obscurely difficult to identify. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His voice was soft and seemed accented more than Tino's or Theresa's. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We just want you young people to know how much we admire what you’re doing,” says one elderly lady with a European accent. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I woke to a ship’s whistle and a voice on the intercom— some guy with an Australian accent whp sounded way too happy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There was some sort of a foreign accent there, something harsh and guttural, and she seemed to have trouble pronouncing the letter w. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She’s upset, so her accent is thicker than usual, and every statement is a question. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The woman mumbled something in an unusual accent about my not knowing what kimchee was, but I didn’t answer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "That lovely British accent!" the receptionist murmurs, breaking the silence. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Kathy made lunches while the three girls sat at the kitchen table, eating and reciting, in English accents, scenes from Pride and Prejudice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His voice had grown soft, and he had merged many accents and dialects into his own speech, so that his speech did not seem foreign anywhere. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a thick accent, but I couldn’t tell from where. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z In the dream, she spoke to Naomi in accented Spanish without moving her mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s got a white stone exterior with pillars and brass accents, and it’s so painfully classy, I almost feel underdressed. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He hails from Flanders, which means he has an accent even stranger than mine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In my regular, non-British accent I say to Violet, “It’s time to start wandering.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But we were in Commonwealth, and Denna showed no foreign accent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Written Astrolinguish was awash in diacritical marks, with lots of umlauts, accents, and tildes. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We will learn every lesson of accent and idiom, we will dismantle every last pretense and practice you hold, noble as well as ruinous. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When my father finally spoke, he had no trace of a Jamaican accent and no Jamaican diction at all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In Harlem the precise accents of northern-born blacks mixed with the slow drawls of recent southern immigrants and the lilting accents from the islands. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Ah, yes, John intones, his Korean accent getting thicker and heavier. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The shopkeeper looked at her oddly, but he was from the Indies and didn’t understand her accent, perhaps, although she asked very clearly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to help my mom out. Things are tight at home,” she said, a trace of a non-British accent underlining her words. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His girlfriend, Yinka, was like him—she, too, went to England often and lived in Ikoyi and spoke with a British accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He’s got a thick Arabic accent so he makes sure to repeat the important parts of his questions several times, with twinkling eyes and encouraging nods of his head. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z On tire surface, there is something unappealing about the idea of inducing other people to flatten their accents in order to compete in a flatter world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Travis said in a horrible British accent, imitating his mom’s favorite cooking reality show host from the Food Network. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When we explained how we’d all agreed on the name, she dabbed the corners of her eyes and said in her thick accent, “Oh my God, I love you guys even more now!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She was unaccustomed to the Kabuli dialect of his Farsi, and to the underlying layer of Pashto accent, the language of his native Kandahar. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “He’s from Louisiana. I loved the accent. And I dropped my pen, just to see what he would do, and he picked it up right away.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I speak in the most convincing monotone-Collective accent I can muster. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A heavily perfumed gentleman with long, oiled hair and a Vintic accent clapped me on the back and gave me a purse of money, “for new strings.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She even puts on a Count Dracula accent to make the moment more dramatic. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Next a baby shower!” shouted Mrs. Ruiz in her heavy Spanish accent. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I can still hear his upbeat foreign accent advising me to be my best self around the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The older ones liked to make fun of “Mr. Hunter,” the slow way he moved, the southern accent. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His English was clipped by a faint accent I couldn’t trace. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly he falls into a Capitol accent as he mimics Effie Trinket, the maniacally upbeat woman who arrives once a year to read out the names at the leaping. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Some accents were better than others, but the students exhibited an ease and confidence I found intimidating. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Also male, this one with a heavier Southern accent. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then he tells me how he practices the English accent in secret so that he can be a BBC announcer, Quasimodo’s dream. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Hello my darling,” she says to Oscar in a thick accent, I swear, identical to Count Dracula’s. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She has on light makeup that makes her lips sparkle and her cheeks a slight Asian red; her hair is drawn back to accent the curved proportions of her face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Her English contained no remnant of an accent. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I felt a little disoriented by this smiling white Zimbabwean with the odd accent and strange name. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “You’re so kind,” the woman told him in an Irish accent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He spoke English with the accent particular to Baja and knew Jule’s drink: a Diet Coke with a shot of vanilla syrup. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “If any of you have noticed since September,” Blessington pointed out, “this is English class, not Spanish. Julia-day-Burgos”—he pronounced her name with a thick accent—“wrote only in Spanish.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Nervous?” he asked with the harsh burr a Siaru accent makes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She has an accent, Caribbean and something else. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The Adventure's master recognized the accent and responded in the Common Tongue of Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And, Percy, his accent sounds familiar because he sounds like his mother. We killed her in New Jersey.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He barely had an accent: It only came through in the sharpness of his vowels and the lilt in his sentences, as if there was the shade of a question in everything he said. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Death is like an explosion,” Miss Sadie said, her accent thick, like the humid air that hovered heavy around me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There are lessons in foreign languages, social customs, literature, martial arts, the use of firearms, disguises, various accents, methods of forgery, and fine points of the law. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This voice thrilled every nerve of my being—caught at my heart—for I knew its accents as well as my own. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The accent was strange and guttural, the speech distorted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I can still remember her Portuguese accent, the way she rolled her r’s. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He stopped and continued, in a mocking mimicry of an English accent, “Fantastically desirable bottoms.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Yoshoto asked me, in English—and her accent was unexpectedly charming—if I would prefer an egg, but I said, “Non, non, madame—merci!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “A cocktail party,” Mama repeats with an even worse British accent. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Is everything irie? someone will ask you in a perfect American accent. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I would’ve let it go if my father weren’t using his thick and forced Jamaican accent again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z "The rest will come soon. A day, two days, a fortnight . . ." "And when he leams the truth, what will he do?" a second voice asked in the liquid accents of the Free Cit-ies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My favorite song is a Cuban lullaby, and I love the way Baba sings it with a whisper of a Yiddish accent. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z You’re a chemist, you have a German accent, you had a base on Mars . . . what more can there be? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “This way, miss,” she said in a thick accent, handing me a fresh towel and leading me down the long hall. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Welcome home!” she bellowed out to us in her Jamaican accent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And so she finished eating her eggs and resolved to stop faking the American accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His voice is shaking, just a little, and his French accent’s a disaster. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A bit of Haiti is peppered in her English words—the accent has not completely disappeared. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I remember having them, but I don’t know them. My mom forces us to get on the phone with them every year at Christmas. They make fun of my American accent.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He spoke like somebody on television, his sharp, quick New York accent overlaying a slight Southern drawl. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a card that required you to talk in a Russian accent, a card that required you to lisp, and a card that required you to lisp while talking in a Russian accent. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She could tell right away, with relief, that his accent was Caribbean. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And I said, “Is that the A-to-Z?” because it wasn’t a crocodile and I thought I had heard wrong because of his accent. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Jule listened to the accents of the theatergoers: London, Yorkshire, Liverpool. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Some man came by to see Lice last night,” she said, “just before he ran off. A big bald-headed guy with a weird foreign accent—French or Russian or something.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Are you a tennis player?” she asked in a heavy British accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His Jamaican accent is thick, and I process the words a little after he says them. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z My Farsi wasn't what it used to be, and I was ashamed of my now-thick American accent. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And it felt so good to sing with those trumped-up, hound-dog country accents. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I always pictured analysts as sophisticated people with short pointed beards, monocles, and German accents. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “How can I help you, young lady?” he asks, in a slight accent I can’t detect. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You can tell she’s talking to a client because she puts on her New York City accent and talks about three decibels louder. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Them not going to like me accent, man. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z No accent, so no one would know he was Jewish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Excuse me?” he said in a thick Russian accent. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Beatles sang in their English accents about the sun coming out after the winter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Wickham’s alarm now appeared in a heightened complexion and agitated look; for a few minutes he was silent, till, shaking off his embarrassment, he turned to her again, and said in the gentlest of accents: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The tiniest German accent wrapped around his voice. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Ms. Saintima’s accent, with its hint of something special from when she grew up in Haiti, adds music to the poem. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He spoke with one of those exaggerated British accents that almost sound phony. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Whoever got there first summoned up a super-snooty English accent: “Walls residence, the butler speaking, may I help you?” while the rest of us cracked up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He spoke French well and fluently, with only a slight accent. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Sean’s voice, which I recognized right away since he had a thick Boston accent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Is that a brogue I detect in your accent?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When she finally spoke, her low, accented voice resembled the moaning of Grandmother’s favorite fortune-teller, frightening and fascinating all at once. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She spoke the Common Tongue with only a trace of accent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Oh, what a lovely accent," the librarian says, handing me a form. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His accent was somewhere between Italian and German, which likely meant he came from Lombardy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One of my purposes was to listen, to hear speech, accent, speech rhythms, overtones and emphasis. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, Liam Stewart,” the woman said, her accent cold and silky. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If a little accent modification is the price they have to pay to jump a rung of the ladder, then so be it—they say. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Fewer sounds of Arabic drifted through the air now—just the husky, less familiar-sounding accents of Hebrew and languages they couldn’t identify. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I'd been reading it out loud pretty dramatically, trying to get the accents right, so I felt embarrassed to be caught. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For with local accent will disappear local tempo. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The rugs were white and green with gold accents, and they didn’t have little tassels on them like Mamou’s. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The only difficulty is the glottal stop, the constriction of the throat that occurs when someone with a classic Brooklyn accent pronounces "bottle." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’d be hard for her at first, kids would tease her about her Southern accent and stuff, but like R.C. said, Naomi was tough; she could handle whatever Tempe High threw at her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Would you be Jon, then?” he inquired in a lilting New Zealand accent, glancing at a sheet of photocopied passport photos depicting Rob Hall’s clients. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Although he is an American, his voice carries a hint of a Swahili accent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And if the man had spoken with a different accent, Nigel would have called him miserly for not giving them a tip. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There are strange accents and strange religions and many who do not speak English at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These include not only all of the genres of music, the verbal languages, and accents, but also the mechanical, digital, human, and animal noises, and all of the ambient sounds around us. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Once, though, I watched them get drunk on some foul brown corn brew, stand at the enclosure gate, and shout for me in accented Lingala, their eyes dancing mad. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When he was younger, he had admired people with moneyed childhoods and foreign accents, but he had come to sense an unvoiced yearning in them, a sad search for something they could never find. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z With her thick accent, she says, “I know, but you should learn. It will help you get a job.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Bigger listened to the tone of their voices, to their strange accents, to the exuberant phrases that flowed so freely from their lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now I’d be more like a normal American teenage girl, except for my accent, but that was something Jennifer insisted was part of what made me unique and more interesting. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She’s making a beef dish, stirring the pot while talking nonstop in a friendly Pakistani accent. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A while ago, the nurse I liked with the lilting accent said she was going home. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he opened another jar, and said, to no one in particular, “This one smells like pineapple,” she detected only the hint of an accent. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "It is a mikvah," she says in a French accent. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s terribly urgent,” she said, and kept her English accent crisp and her head held high. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Sure. I saw some in the water. I hope they’re not leather,” the other girl said in an accent flat as a just-plowed field. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The kids know I’ve come from somewhere else, but as time passes, and with careful effort, I lose any trace of an accent. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He talked with an accent I didn’t know. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Are you really going through admissions?” his skepticism was obvious even through his thick accent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She remembered his bush accent and his nervous excitement and that he had seemed older than he looked now. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This voice coming to my ears was neither a wind with an accent nor an animal speaking up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In order to prove that Gogol knows English, Ashoke does something he has never done before, and addresses his son in careful, accented English. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He glanced up at Dympna as she approached and gave a laugh, and exclaimed in a broad American accent, “Well, look what we have here—three gorgeous English gals to fly with!” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Her Pakistani accent is thick, even though she’s lived in the United States for almost three decades. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her accent is more pronounced, with the T’s and R’s harder, so I can tell she’s getting annoyed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You told me to tell you if he ever started talking with a German accent. I got him to speak German, so that’s even better, right?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Lara’d been born in Russia or someplace, and she spoke with a slight accent. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I’d practiced so that there wouldn’t be a trace of a Cuban accent. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He had an accent that I couldn’t quite place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There weren’t what Valentine called “dignitaries” among them tonight—in fancy clothes, with Yankee accents—although some guests from the county had come down the road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then he was looking about him with that same slow turn of the head, and then he looked at her and said, “Of course, you’re the girl with the English accent.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Hello, Samuel, how are you?” he calls out in accented English. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The question came from behind her in a woman’s voice, strongly accented. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In London, most people were used to Indian accents, even if they didn't like them much. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She still had a slight accent, and she did not like to speak in public, subjecting herself to her classmates' ridicule. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He was short and round and he had an accent that made you laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His accent on its smooth syllables was like a patina on bronze. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They could afford to have white women, who spoke English without accents. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The blind girl understood Braavosi and could speak it passably, she had even lost most of her barbaric accent, but the kindly man was not content. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His rough accent made it hard for me to tell if he was rebuking the older student, but his dark Cealdish face showed definite reproach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jinx stuck out his bottom lip and spoke with a feigned country-bumpkin accent. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In his ears rang his mother’s sweet remembered accents. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was strangely accented, and his bushy gray eyebrows pulled together as he studied the room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z One of them was a young man who spoke in a Germanic accent. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The old woman’s voice had changed: her accent, her gesture, and all were familiar to me as my own face in a glass—as the speech of my own tongue. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z About fifty feet away, some overweight middle-aged dudes with American accents were conversing loudly, complaining to each other about the heat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not in the Capitol accent, but in the rougher cadences of home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her Southern nasal accent sliced my meditation and I looked deep into my thoughts. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you heard that accent?” one of them tittered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s talking with some kind of accent into a phone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was my guy with the shaved head, but no, there was no British accent. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There was talk in the clearing now, and I began to distinguish words over the distance and through the unfamiliar accents. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He spoke with a crisp British accent, an upper-crust accent, the kind of voice you might hear at Oxford or Cambridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was possible that Grandpa’s southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His accent is still impeccable, but he's slurring his words like he, too, has been out for a night of drinking. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When she wants to know if I’m from London, I say cheers and aye up and bangers and mash, in what I think is a pretty convincing accent. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In her new accent, he hears the cadence of her slipping away from him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And she would say in her deep, accented voice, “It matters why?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Marcus McCoy had called me Space Boy so many times that I knew by heart the way his faint Southern accent stretched out the a and clipped the y, but doubt lingered. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And I saw the squat man shake his fist angrily over the uplifted faces, yelling something in a staccato West Indian accent, at which the crowd yelled threateningly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Bykovski had a trace of an accent, which didn’t seem strange to me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Glossy bentwood furniture, throw rugs over hardwood floors, Southwest accents: an Anasazi-style wedding vase here, a Georgia O’Keeffe print there. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “A group of children were seen along the road this morning,” the wight said, his voice clipped, accent obscure—not quite English, not quite German. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well, hello there,” I offer, mimicking him exactly, English accent and all! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He had bright red hair and an Irish accent that made everything he said sound like a jolly song. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z She first spoke without the American accent that afternoon at Thirtieth Street Station, leaning towards the woman behind the Amtrak counter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s that smooth, subtle British accent of his. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had a strange accent—British, maybe, but also as if he had learned English as a second language. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He could actually have a Southern accent when he wanted to, although like most everyone at Culver Creek, he didn’t usually speak with one. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The four principal beats of our bar are known as ‘crotchets’ - each crotchet is made up of four semiquavers - and we can use these crotchets to track where the strong, or accented, beats fall. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z No one doubted she was a refugee; the accent in her Bengali made that clear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z These men had been born and raised in Chicago, and though they still spoke the old tongue, their accents were Americanized. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His accent is somehow broken, it comes out strained, too loud. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I say it a few more times, louder and with more and more gusto, then realize I’m talking with an English accent to a bunch of trees and go back to my spot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And Nehemia never spoke with that kind of flawless accent, and— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "Wait," he calls out in his perfect German accent. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Roza,” she said gravely, in an accented voice much deeper than Finn would have expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The guards who stood at attention wore elaborate white uniforms accented with silver fur and less than intimidating silver lace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Varney entered the ready room a few minutes before 0500 and went immediately into the clipped, faintly Oxonian accent that scraped across Bull’s eardrum like a nail. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke in a cultured accent of money and privilege. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And the thing was that the accent he used was always changing, the kinds of words he used. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He spoke with less of an accent than Alex, and though he struggled with writing and reading, he liked to make jokes, and that gave him the drive to improve his spoken English. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t own anything like what Marianne and Heather wore—bright cardigans accented with delicate scarves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He spoke the Common Tongue fluently, with only the slightest hint of a lyroshi accent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “And for people with your kind of accent.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Such big, dark, soulful eyes,” she says slowly in her thick accent, like she’s making a meal of each word. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He’d loved her accent—the vowels of a princess, courtesy of her teachers at the Little Palace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her eyes are dark and her lips pouty and open; the blue streak accents the contrast of hair and face, and she smiles at me—that’s definitely smiling. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The older ones liked to make fun of “Mr. Hunter,” the slow way he moved, the southern accent. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Math majors marveled to hear Dr. Claytor, originally from Norfolk, advancing sophisticated mathematical proofs in his drawling “country” accent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The golden warrior’s voice was rich and velvety, with an exotic accent—Middle Eastern, maybe—that seemed vaguely familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, my daughter created it,” I hear her boast, trilling her “r” ’s, clipping her vowels even more precisely than usual, as if her accent were partly responsible for the painting. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The father looked to be about five six, maybe 150 pounds, and this white dude could have been Ivan Drago from Rocky IV without the accent. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Let me help you here, sir,” the ticket seller said, in that comically contrived “white” accent that uneducated people liked to put on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jule walked over to the group and used a lowland Southern accent, like in Alabama. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He’s a Limerickman but he has an American accent from his years in Los Angeles. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Nigerians, Ugandans, Kenyans, Ghanaians, South Africans, Tanzanians, Zimbabweans, one Congolese, and one Guinean sat around eating, talking, fueling spirits, and their different accents formed meshes of solacing sounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Carrie is in her twenties, with blond hair and brown eyes and a crisp English accent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore elaborate wigs and talked real down home, with a heavy, deep accent full of “I ain’ts” and “Come owns.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can speak English. What sort of accent is that? Sounds like a little bit of everything.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But he would just say, in the Urdu accent he hasn’t lost after living in the Milwaukee area for twenty years, “Embarrassing? I don’t understand this embarrassing. Why do you care what people think?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Lorraine asked, trying to be kind, in that English accent of hers. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z A male voice in accented English asked about coordinates and product and delivery status. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His accent is the type of southern accent you hear Hollywood actors use. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z People didn’t find the accent odd or off-putting. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She says this in a fake British accent. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Hélène’s from France, so she speaks with this fancy accent that Twig and I try to copy when she’s not around. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Mama, look! I think this is a ballet movie,” I said in my heavily accented English. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It combines learning how to handle die specific processes for the company whose calls they will be taking or making, and attending something called “accent neutralization class.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Over the years his accent had diminished only marginally, and when they spoke, Mrs. Richardson was sometimes reduced to nodding and smiling. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even Neeley said it would be a good thing for her to go far off to college—she might get rid of her Brooklyn accent that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t heard that weird accent from him since the first day, but I knew he and Jetta had been speaking German. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They could do Swahili accents and had mastered the Claire Danes chin tremble on cue. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Like my mom, she's got a light accent, though hers sounds very different. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Good morning,” she greets us, in a southern accent. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Rose slipped into her old accent, picked up from years with the elderly before she’d come to us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Thanks to the efforts of Jefferson and Madison, the ongoing debate would have a decidedly southern accent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Posh Southern English with a faint French accent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "Yes, I can do a Mexican accent. Why?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine actually saying it in real life—unless I was using a Capitol accent and making fun of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And her Tamil is as good as ours, with the same accent. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Would Nna get away with that if he didn’t have a foreign accent?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If I couldn’t manage to speak English, which I’m fluent in, on a stage, how would I possibly make out Arabic words in my pathetic accent? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z His Lordship himself I did not see, he being concealed behind the door; but I could hear his casual and commanding accents. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the Australian accent Finch says to them, “We’re professionals. Whatever you do, don’t try this at home.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He has a light accent—he’s not from Oregon or Nevada or Arizona or New Mexico or West Texas or any other Republic state. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He was in a German officer’s uniform, but his Polish was very good, only a trace of an accent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I noted a deliberate change in his accent—the softened hiss of the consonants in his words, the dental chh of West Bengali softening into the sibilant ss of the East. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "Shah-jan, there's something you need to know," she says, her accent becoming heavier. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Because I am those people,” he said, his accent flat again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She liked his accent, his English drenched in Wolof and French. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As he grew angrier, his lilting accent became more pronounced. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For all that, it has never been my position that good accent and command of language are not attractive attributes, and I always considered it my duty to develop them as best I could. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even pay much attention to my parents’ accented and ungrammatical speech. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The only real clues that Aureliano Segundo had when he left to look for her were her unmistakable highland accent and her trade as a weaver of funeral wreaths. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Did you forget me so quick?” he said in a New England accent. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You are not made wise by experience, I hope?” and there was an anxious accent in Meg’s voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He speaks in the heavy accent of the jungle people, which is hard for me to understand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I use English, my accent's 100 percent Mumbai. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Immediately she began to pull at us, to drag and push us down the path toward town, yelling so frantically in her thick Irish accent that none of us could understand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He was a young man with eager, bright blue eyes and an accent as correct as the king’s. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Despite being Iraqi like me, Belet spoke in a snooty British accent. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Okay,” Connor said, not quite with the enthusiasm or the British accent I had been going for. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Until the day came when a black man in a suit and with a funny accent decided to call it his little dream house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We had a succession of roomers, bringing and taking their different accents, and personalities and foods. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a fair amount of difficulty understanding their heavy Scottish accents, if they are Scottish at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mountain Dew was forbidden, and our speech was monitored for the slightest hint of a Raleigh accent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I am proud of it too. Besides, even if I tried to hide it, I couldn’t; my accent gives me away. My friends tell me they can cut it with a knife.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z My own accent is always a little too chirpily American. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He spoke with a thick accent, and with authority. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z His Dutch is slightly accented, but I'm surprised he speaks it so well. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Scruffy, of course, was the scrappy, funny one with the New York accent. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He is a handsome, lightskinned Black who speaks with a precise television- newscaster accent. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z How did he come by his English accent? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s how we pick up accents— sometimes to the extent that our interlocutors think they’re being mocked—and how we lose them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Luma learned to speak English without an accent and met kids from the United States and Europe, as well as the children of diplomats from all over the world. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But when we got out of the car and talked to people, we couldn’t understand them because of their southern accents. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Snake, a thin, fair-haired man who spoke with a Scottish accent, looked up at Alex. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Ma also has to be extra careful because she speaks Khmer with a Chinese accent. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Linguistics? You already speak Siaru, even if your accent is barbaric.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Cool accent, foxy mama. But in America, chicks don't hold hands unless they're dating. Each other, I mean." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And there were no parts for him, and the accent would just not go away no matter how he tried. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And with the accent emerged a new persona, apologetic and self-abasing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I guessed her accent was French without being sure. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You have an attorney?” he said, in a strong Vermont accent. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Beautiful green grass and shrubs that outlined the yard, accented by two large rosebushes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She says the word “hopscotch,” extending the shhhh sound at the end of the word with a French accent and it sounds glamorous. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, it is, my dear,” said a man’s voice in a heavy French accent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She was not allowed much time for meditation: a monitor, a great rough girl, presently came up, exclaiming in a strong Cumberland accent— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Israel does this, Israel does that,” Baba would say in a mock-Arabic accent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was the youngest, not yet six in a class of seven-year-olds, but she flawlessly read cat, pan, bed in an accent that was like Olanna’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hello, mates. Feeling all right, yeah?” he called in an accent straight out of a posh London boarding school by way of the Eastside. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I had a city accent and spoke city slang, so they thought I was modern. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They have trouble understanding his French because of his Dutch accent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z With an Australian accent Finch tells them, “We’re here from Perth. We’ve come all this way to see the highest peak in Indiana. Is it all right if we scale the summit?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In the pronunciation advice below, accented syllables appear in capitals. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d always pull back enough in her interactions with her classmates to give herself room to quietly observe them, so that when she got home she could practice imitating their accents, their idiosyncrasies, their style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z There was an oily whir of gears and a mechanically-timbered voice boomed out in words that lacked accent and intonation, “I—am—the—robot—that—talks.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Nobody had given his accent a thought until the war came along, but suddenly we knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You speak as if your tongue were a saw and English words were made of wood. You have a French accent.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts attempted to offer conciliatory words to his southern colleagues, though he did so in a decidedly northern accent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Agitated people swirl around us, speaking of rebels and hunger and me in their affected Capitol accents. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His voice had just a bit of an Indian accent coating his American one. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When the bigger one of the two boys who got on the bus late said to the driver in a real down-South accent, “Thank you for stopping, sir,” I knew right away. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked scared and mumbled in a foreign accent, “I do not know.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “My friends,” he said, his accents on the syllables of his words unlikely, melodic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. But you speak English without an accent.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z How slight changes in accent or posture make a man seem oafish, or sly, or silly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Underdown had fussed and laughed over what she called our charming southern accent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The way she said “boy”—silky and stretched out to two syllables—made him realize she had the hint of an accent. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He would read Rimbaud aloud with a very bad accent, marveling the while at his fluid speech. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He said to her in a strangely accented voice, “We are here to bring to you to the ball.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The assistant’s gaze rushed over her clipboard—my heart was pounding—before she called out in a cheesy-grits accent, “Peanut Wigglebutt?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His first name is Josef and they call him Uncle Joe, because he has a mustache and an Eastern European accent and is authoritarian in his opinions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a big guy, very tall and broad-shouldered, with a plump, sweet little wife with a Parisian accent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She had changed her accent, had changed her very being. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z People sometimes told Joseph his own accent was hard to place, since it was partly English and partly American, and had hints of the other places he’d lived, like Switzerland and the Middle East. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Even in small rural towns like Trebon, folk didn’t have much of an accent these days. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was pleased to hear good Polish, even if it was with a German accent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z You have no idea where the accent marks go. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “You have been selected for gleaning,” he said, speaking in Common, but with a pronounced accent that must have been Portuzonian, which was the primary language of Amazonia. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I loved how relaxed my mom always seemed in Belize and how her accent would come out stronger when she talked to Grandma Caye. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until I heard Schiem say the name of the place in his thick accent that I heard it properly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally, when someone noticed a trace of an accent and asked me where I came from, I would reply vaguely, "From the east." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t need to explain anything about myself like I do in America—my accent, my homeland, my heritage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She helped me shake off my British accent and survive the first few months here, but I'm thinking of replacing her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he proceeded to mimic the way I spoke, giving me what he perceived to be a Gcaleka accent, at which his own claque laughed heartily. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, the Capitol accent is so affected, almost anything sounds funny in it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He spoke in what I assumed was a southern American accent, and had a curious habit of spitting when he talked, something none of us had ever seen before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street, an old homeless man was yelling at thin air in a flat Boston accent. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He spoke with a foreign accent, the same accent that the German soldiers always had in World War II movies. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t talk either if I had an accent like that.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I sit down at the counter, and the waitress asks me what I’ll have in a thick European accent. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The extra loudness of the note often requires a stronger, more definite attack at the beginning of the accented note, and it is emphasized by putting some space before and after the accented notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When he had arrived at Brookland School, his gentle looks and accent had quickly brought him to the attention of the school bullies; three hulking sixteen-year-olds. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z "Your feminists don't realize that there are different kinds of power," Ma interrupts, her accent taunting the one English word in her sentence. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And she had a high-class city accent from living in Hong Kong. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Was the receptionist at my doctor's office annoyed because of mom's accent or some other reason? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, for a moment I thought that accent...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I had always thought their English was tinged with a Yiddish accent. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m from Oaxaca,” Enrique says in the accent he learned as he passed through. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She listened to her guide’s accent and formed the sounds in her mind without listening to what the sounds said. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you preparing for your recital, Isabella?” she asks in her thick German accent. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Anytime the cops asked me questions I started speaking in broken Afrikaans with a thick colored accent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There was an American accent, an Afrikaans accent, an Irish accent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The moped’s green paint gleamed and the flames’ gold accents sparkled with splashes of sunshine. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead of English, we heard a babble of accents from every corner of the Middle East: slang from Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as some in Farsi—the music store was run by Iranians. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z As I walked up to the low bar, getting ready to mount and swing myself up to the high bar, I was sure I heard my mother’s distinctive Belizean accent: “Make it count, Simone!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Sorry!" she pipes in her silly Capitol accent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was of medium height, dressed like the others, with a thick Spanish accent when he spoke, and his perhaps excessive authority derived from a .357-magnum pistol held tightly in his right fist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Alpharetta may be deep in Dixie, but its accent is not. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Here I have her, Old One,” said the Rider, his nasal, accented voice softly triumphant. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "If one Hand can die, why not a second?" replied the man with the accent and the forked yellow beard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Hola, Moss,” she said, her accent giving his name a softness, “it’s nice to meet you. Eugenia.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Ah,” he says, more quietly, his accent fading, the faintest touch of dread returning to his voice, “here we are. Home.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And yet one might assume strict, conservative, diabolical monsters with foreign accents raised me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He spoke with a French accent, and there was a gap between his front teeth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He still kept his outland accent in defiance of the mere English, but he had ceased to think in Gaelic. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hmm, ah yes, here it is. ‘Late in November, Year of the Small Sweet Chestnut, from a frozen sparrowhawk come down from the far north...’—peculiar chap, spoke with a strange accent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “You are a bloody mess, dude,” he says, throwing in the English accent. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z One night Werner and Jurta tune in to a scratchy broadcast in which a young man is talking in feathery, accented French about light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had the accent of the East Reach, and was very dark of skin, not red-brown like Ged and Jasper and most folk of the Archipelago, but black-brown. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Jule saw the cell number and used her general American accent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She had an accent that I thought was Australian, but I know now was Texan. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A few people whisper excitedly when she says “California,” and when Fina is done, Austin calls out, “Gnarly, bro!” in a terrible surfer accent. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s very pretty,” I say in my best Urdu, although I know my accent sounds pathetic. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I thought the chap was asking to borrow a pair of tweezers. Bit of a strong accent.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Totally weird?” he said maliciously, mimicking my accent: suburban, hollow, flat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He'd worked hard to learn English, and he spoke it with just a hint of an accent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Their ways and accents often marked them as Californians, Europeans, Yankees, even, God forbid, “New York Jews.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Yes, Nne,” she said, and, turning to Obinze, repeated her daughter s words in an exaggerated British accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All night long, in all those other strangers’ dreams, she’d heard scarcely a word she could understand, but this one was speaking it without even an accent. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “C’mon in and set a spell, honey,” he said in an exaggerated southern accent. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote about the announcers on radio stations, with their accents so fake and so funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1977, after a lecture and a long Q & A in a Midtown Manhattan bookstore, I was approached by a middle-aged man with an accent much like my own. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He determinedly spoke English, always, in a heavy Igbo accent. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Hsu’s accent was strong, and so was Day’s —he spoke with a Southern country drawl so thick his own children often had a hard time understanding him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They all spoke English when they talked to each other, or to the waiters, but the accents were as diverse as the gentlemen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I’m only half British. When we visit England, everyone calls us Yanks. But Americans hear my mom’s accent and assume I was born in England. Sometimes I feel like I don’t belong in either place.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He had lost his accent and now spoke Nigerian English. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It used to be sedate wood-rimmed glass counters, with gloves in standard models, appropriate wristwatches, accent scarves in floral prints. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But I thought maybe it was everyone else who had an accent. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I did that for several days, until I developed an accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d talked with that same accent, at least until Percy had cut off her head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At perhaps ten, we heard a great number of militiamen approaching, speaking in accents boisterous and jocular—and so we quit our position and crouched some several rods away, in the grasses by the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The boy spoke Dinka but with a different accent, which meant that he was not from the area around Salva’s village. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dasch struggled to reply in German, so Kappe switched to English and used a fake British accent to try to hide his harsh German accent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Those two wore blue satin outfits to accent their bright blond hair. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke Farsi with a Pashto accent, then would switch to Pashto. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A prim woman with bobbed hair and a throaty French accent asked Felicia to remove her shoes and knee socks, then made a note in a calfskin ledger. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perseus Jackson,” Mrs. Dodds said, in an accent that was definitely from somewhere farther south than Georgia. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It's more than the trendy bun, slender body, slightly Cockney accent, and clunky earrings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He says this last part with a heavy English accent, then cracks up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Very soon you will start to adopt an American accent, because you don’t want customer service people on the phone to keep asking you ‘What? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His accent was unmistakably southern, and before I could shut out the thought, I began wondering whether I might be somewhere in the South. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I hear his accent, the touch of India in his English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I asked in Miss Sadie’s Hungarian accent, making my voice thick and husky. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They mimic his accent, and the way he talks about the body. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don't I tell you,” she said in accented English, “not to mess with girls? Hassan is a good boy, doesn't do this 'dating.' And look how happy he is. You should learn from him.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Klin, who bears a striking resemblance to the actor Martin Short, is half Israeli and half Brazilian, and he speaks with an understandably peculiar accent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The woman was dressed in a servant uniform and had tightly clenched fists, mahogany skin, and a French accent. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z On the ceiling in the dormitory bedrooms, he wrote the alphabet together with key words, whose accents were a reminder of the code for the various letters. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z This lady had a funny accent, like she was from somewhere else. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I look around at smiles and tears of joy as voices in dozens of different accents declare their patriotism. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His voice was like the sound of a badly made flute, and sibilant with his Babylonian accent. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Not all,” Grandma counters with just a hint of the French accent that remains from her childhood in the orphanage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Good morning, boys and girls,” he says with a very proper, almost-British accent. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “I must say,” Otto Frank said on the video in his accented English, “I was very much surprised by the deep thoughts Anne had.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Other notes may be marked with a combination of articulation symbols, for example legato with accents. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They do not trust that he’s an orphan, that he’s often alone, that his accent carries a whisper of the French he learned as a child. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She dealt with accents that must have struck jarringly on her ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad did an imitation of a hillbilly accent. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “It means,” he said, still with that accent, “just what it sounds like.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Wow, Fernanda, sobrinha. You no kidding when you say this girl has talent!” the man says to Mrs. Walton in a thick Portuguese accent. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There was no trace of an accent in his voice. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The woman spoke in English, but her voice was heavily accented like Dr. García's. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They haven’t yet told the passengers who they are or what they want; all they’ve said, in heavily accented but understandable English, is that everyone on the plane will live together or else die together. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Northern accent, did they really ask you about that?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lilting accent never fails to capture the music of the language. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He even put on an extreme Southern accent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaks in a low voice with a German accent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They wore traditional black robes with gold accents. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Although the parents in these families spoke with accents, none of their children did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I am half afraid of disappointing her with some fumble of poorly accented words. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 1.83: The performance of an accent depends on the style of music, but in general, sforzando and fortepiano accents involve a loud beginning to a longer note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even in the happiest times he’d made fun of my California accent, my secondhand overcoat and my room barren of tasteful bibelots, but in such an ingenuous way I couldn’t possibly do anything but laugh. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead he approximates the accents of teachers and classmates. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Giving it my best English accent, I say, “Such a chatterbox, a guy can’t get a word in.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Immediately he derided my hair and accent, for since I came from Chicago I had no right to act otherwise. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Mama suggested I practice in front of the family, but I was too nervous to bust out in my accent in front of them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “One always has room for a spot of tea,” she says, still in a British accent. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He has white skin and a foreign accent. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “My life story is a good story, a lot of success,” he said, his accent still heavy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He spoke to them only in English, careful English, as though he thought that the Igbo he shared with their mother would infect them, perhaps make them lose their precious British accents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The bed in which she lay was canopied in red velvet with golden accents. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Come, help me make dinner,” Mrs. Chavez called in a musical accent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “They didn’t let me see him,” she said, her accent even thicker now. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He proceeded to give us directions in a lilting accent, which I found enormously entertaining. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Would you mind, ladies and sirs”—shut up, Nate—“giving me one more shot at side number one? Because I swear I won’t slip into a stupid southern accent on the Michael lines again.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I greeted him back in Spanish, but his accent was much better than mine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her accent is nice—I don’t hate it—but I can’t smile back at her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She must know I’m Irish from the papers Mr. Schatzman filled out when he brought me in to the Children’s Aid several weeks ago—or perhaps it is my accent, still as thick as peat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He drawls; each word, formed reluctantly and framed in a cattle- country accent, lasts awhile. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z With her soft Appalachian accent, Justice leaves no doubt that she is a local girl, steeped in the culture of the old family cemeteries that dot the mountains here in East Kentucky. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She was suddenly talking with a Southern accent. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Gracie says like a Iola might, in her most exaggerated Filipino accent, and the girls bust up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Papa changed his accent when he spoke, sounding British, just as he did when he spoke to Father Benedict. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She was young, with a prominent Irish accent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And I can already imitate a Pakistani accent pretty well too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z How long before she picks up a Jamaican accent? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The people of Santa Fe, a city of just twenty thousand, began to wonder why so many men with European accents were suddenly walking the streets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, Caden,” says her father in an accent much stronger than hers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He was speaking Lingala, but his accent sounded like a Swahili speaker’s. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But Fermi had a hard time remembering his new name and felt absurd pronouncing it with his thick Italian accent. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused and then repeated her words, “Those people in your school are fools,” in a good mimicry of a Nigerian accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They would repeat the words I said, mocking my accent and laughing hysterically. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Charlie grinned and went below, still muttering his words with the misplaced accent. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s a nice old lady with an Irish accent and she likes to talk all about the people in the building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z His voice thrust sweet and sour, and he accented the “dear.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He put on this Riff Raff-style accent he didn’t have at school. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “I think you must be confusing me with someone else,” she said, keeping the BBC accent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Duchess says this last bit in Katherine's accent, and I snort to keep from laughing out loud. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I liked to listen to them talk sometimes and fight my way through their accents to find out more about how they survived lives of slavery. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She speaks quiet, perfectly enunciated French; her accent is crisper than Frau Elena’s. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Halima smiled, enamored of the woman because of this extraordinary feat, an American accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He spoke with a hillbilly accent so thick it was almost as hard to understand as the tongues. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He spoke English with an Igbo accent so strong it decorated even the shortest words with extra vowels. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She knew some English, though her accent was heavy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Where no one notices her accent or who her friends are. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You have summoned us to war,” she announced in a heavy accent. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He had the distinctive accent she had overheard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had a high, squeaky voice and a strong Kentucky accent. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In America, I was embarrassed about my accent, and worried I wouldn’t find the right words in English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He had a heavy accent brought with him from the Cairo marketplace. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But this dress...it shimmers with silver accents when I move. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The man laughed and cleared his throat, his accent changing again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Miss Smith!—message to Miss Smith!—What could she possibly mean!”—And he repeated her words with such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, that she could not help replying with quickness, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Want to know why?” he asked in a thick Puerto Rican accent. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z "You want newspaper?" he says with a slight accent. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Lydia had no discernible Southern accent until she got mad. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z His accent was American, like Joseph’s mother’s, but sometimes he pronounced things the English way, so his speech sounded rather mixed up, as though he didn’t come from anywhere. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She always implies we have an accent, by repeating our words and expressions like little jokes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My makeup is done up like a courtier in a beauty-scope—thickly lined eyes with gold accents, red jewels dotted along my eyebrows, a powdered face, bright lips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z With a harshness of accent not usually his, he said, “I shall relate a fable.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She fakes a Jamaican accent until it becomes real. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Losing the accent, I quickly add, “Nice turn back there.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Clever, extremely industrious, he talked loudly and rapidly with a Bronx accent and was proud of his bent for sensationalism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The color was called devil’s plum, a deep matte purple that I accented with tiny lavender rhinestones—just like the color of the journal Monday gave me for Christmas last year. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She spoke with a little bit of a Mexican accent, trilling her r's. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He spoke Farsi with a thick, rolling Hindi accent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Every night, we’d pop one of them into the DVD player and I’d fall asleep to the sound of some guy with an English accent talking about meerkats or koalas or jellyfish. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Notes marked marcato have enough of an accent and/or enough space between them to make each note seem stressed or set apart. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Vowel sounds were not written out in Ancient Hebrew, so the accents and markings around the text indicated correct pronunciation and instructions for chanting. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I heard about your lady love, Chief Ozobia’s daughter,” Susan said, lady love in the comic caricature that she assumed was an uneducated accent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad was a dishwasher, and Mom was a waitress, where she tried out her crazy accents on random customers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z You can tell by his British accent that Professor Swann didn’t grow up here. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Eckhart walked over to me, and in her heavily accented Spanish she tried to explain the problem. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z And no hot guy should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He was play-acting, and putting on the accent “Tell us the story,” about the black arm which came down the chimney.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman spoke with a heavy western North Carolina accent, which I used to discredit her authority. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I could still hear the sound of voices speaking English in the soft accents of the Luo language, urging me to feel free, feel free, eat more fat from the ram’s tail. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she says, “Excuse me, excuse me,” I recognize an accent. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And she had spoken with an accent—a southern accent. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had some sort of an English accent. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But the narrator did have a thick British accent. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “And what a proper English accent,” Miss Adebayo murmured, with a pitying smile, before turning back to the radiogram. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had effectively mastered the tones and accent by obsessive listening at night to audio lessons designed for state department employees. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Everything about the pilgrimage atmosphere accented the Oneness of Man under One God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s crying and calling to her in a pure Limerick accent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Jam,” I say with a fake British accent. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z They were all variations of the same color and pattern: black with grayish-silver accents. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Now, a tripping Welsh accent proposed the question. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The more I listened, the more Schiem’s accent faded into the back of my awareness and I didn’t need to concentrate so much on maintaining my own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Exceptions.—X final, being equivalent to ks, is never doubled; and when the derivative does not retain the accent of the root, the final consonant is not always doubled: as, prefer' + ence = pref'erence. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch rolled out the last name in Maycomb County accents: long a’s, i s, and a pause between syllables. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if it was his accent or if maybe he wasn’t wearing his dentures. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Anemones accent made all the words sound like new. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Announcements blared from speakers in crisp British accents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The film footage stops, and a youngish guy with an English accent appears on the screen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z One customer, a Southern belle in her sixties, had called Zeitoun Painting and had been happy to talk with Kathy, with her chatty demeanor and familiar accent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Let’s see if I understand you correctly, John,” Mom imitated Mr. Bundini’s Yankee accent. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “We were foreigners who spoke English with an accent,” Grandpa said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The class I sat in on was being trained to speak in a neutral middle-American accent. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z And they spoke with a slight accent, an inflection that was unfamiliar. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In my mind, great detectives always had British accents. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes I saw them up on the roof of their apartment, smoking a water pipe and talking together in their funny Ningbo accent. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He, who had paid to straighten their teeth and smooth the accent out of their English in expensive schools, he was nothing to them now. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, my big girl,” she said, her accent thick, her hair dyed blacker than ever. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He sounded not at all Ghiscari, he knew; but half the Brazen Beasts were freed slaves, with all maimer of native tongues, so his accent went unremarked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had a thick accent, but it was cool. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There is no hope of a laboring man with a North of Ireland accent getting a job in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The bamboo, pine, and plum leaves seemed to shine in the sun as if carved from emeralds, and the accents of the pink and red flowers were like nestled rubies. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Women with accents that weren’t Puerto Rican claimed they were so that they could reap the benefits of American citizenship. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Between her district accent and her garbled speech—possibly she’s had a stroke—I can’t make out more than one in four words. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His voice was soft, as though faded, and his accent less debased than that of the majority of proles. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Ye think I’m a fool, then,” he answered, his Efrafan accent becoming more marked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bartholomew wore khaki trousers pulled up high on his belly, and spoke with an American accent filled with holes, mangling words until they were impossible to understand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His voice was grainy, like mustard, and his accent wasn’t much stronger than Mom’s. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z My mother referred to it as a deep valley accent since you only found them in towns that didn’t have much contact with the outside world. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “My mom’s really shy. Sometimes it’s okay when people ask about her accent. But other times she just wants to buy a gallon of milk without having to explain herself.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A general with a strong Hausa accent came on and announced that there had been a coup and that we had a new government. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My accent is so thick I hope he understands the words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the people, all these adults, just started clapping, and one shouted “Bravo!” in a European accent. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z You will start to admire Africans who have perfect American accents, like our brother here, Kofi. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Some man came by to see Lice last night,” she said, “just before he ran off. A big bald-headed guy with a weird foreign accent—French or Russian or something.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A tall American draped with cameras approached and asked us in his accented Spanish what our feelings were today. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only difference would be the cigarette seemingly permanently fastened between their lips, rising and falling in accent as they spoke. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was older than Con but younger than Tali, and he spoke with a northern accent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dr. Rosen, a round-bellied man with a plump face and small, even teeth, spoke with a faint Eastern European accent, something remotely Slavic. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Yakov told me once that he had studied Russian until he could speak it fluently without an accent,” I said, thinking of the bitter pride in Yakov’s voice when he had told me that. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Speaks English slowly and clearly with an accent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z His voice rose on the last word, as he made his best attempt at a proper British accent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The first day Francie worked at the Bureau one of the sisters said to her, “You have a Brooklyn accent.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her accent was even thicker; it was difficult to make out everything she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His accent was not German, to Lee’s ears, but English, of England. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yakavos,” she called back to him lovingly, in her movie- star accent, moving those wide flat hips out past where I sat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a little bit soft-spoken, and he has an actual southern accent. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Wait for the bloody Tour, Alby,” he said, his voice thick with an odd accent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She spoke with an Ayorthaian accent, smacking her lips after the letter m and pronouncing her l’s as y’s. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “When this is all done, you should ask Grace to help you with your accent.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Fina and I lock eyes when Mom talks about his “dreamy accent” and nearly burst out laughing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I did cramps the way Meryl Streep did accents. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her accent was prep school, Upper East Side. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything that’s not in here,” she says coldly, with the hint of an accent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her accent makes her sound like this movie star Momma likes, and Mrs. Alvarez actually looks like she could be a movie star. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He thought he might name the child Malachy, after himself, but his North of Ireland accent and the alcoholic mumble confused the clerk so much he simply entered the name Male on the certificate. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Thank you, monsieur,” I say, using my best fake French accent. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The accent is enough to tell me that she’s from India, or maybe Pakistan. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Afterward, two people came up to congratulate me and ask why I had a Northern accent and used such correct English. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a bloody mess,” I say out loud with his bubbling accent, feeling giddy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “And Not Getting the Uniform Right—nay hair’s always too long, you’re not allowed to alter the coat so it’s always too big, things like that. And: Southerners laughing at my accent.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “If he ever starts talking with a German accent, call me.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If you want to nail the Persian accent, then roll the r. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For her burial, Anthony wore a black silk dress with a white lace collar, accented by a flag pin given to her by the women of Wyoming. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She has this gorgeous lilting South Carolinian accent that she uses to give a sermon at the end of every critique. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “They think they hide their hate behind a mask,” she said, her accent thick, “but it is there for all to see.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She was getting an English accent, all of a sudden. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Even the footsteps of the night watchman added only an accented quarter-note to the silence that had become a hum, a lullaby. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had ever called Ophie’s accent sweet, and she decided she liked just about everything about Clara, but the way she talked was her favorite by far. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Their teacher, a charming eight-months-pregnant young woman dressed in a traditional Indian sari, moved seamlessly among British, American, and Canadian accents as she demonstrated reading a paragraph designed to highlight phonetics. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I remember thinking that his accent in English was almost as poor as mine! Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She has virtually no accent until she talks to a Texan, when she instantly reverts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The man’s voice was low and pleasant; he had a foreign accent. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Do they not hear me hollering over the fence at my sons every day in the habitual, maternal accents of a native-born fishwife? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She'd gotten quite angry and called me—despite her own accent—a dirty foreigner. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Those nights, Jule put on headphones and curled up on her bed, practicing her accents from tutorials online. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Only when I was with them in public would I grow alert to their accents. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His accent’s the closest to Viola’s I ever heard on New World. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She spoke in German, but with an accent. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I open a cabinet and am greeted by a dozen candles, all of them the color of buffed leather and accented with a gold stamp of Balekin’s personal crest—three laughing black birds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He hides his surprise at my British, no-trace-of-India accent and quickens the pace of his words. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He sings these words, too, in his deep American southern accent. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The accent is West Indian, and a ground-level camera comes up on two dark, somewhat heavy and middle-aged WOMEN. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Rajiv, another film major in my class, asks in a British accent so lovely and warm it could star in its own rom-com. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He spoke with an accent, and his family connections consisted, principally, of being the son of Solomon and Yetta Bickel of Bucharest, Romania, by way, most recently, of Brooklyn. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “My name is really Emilie,” she said in Creole, with a very heavy American accent. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She could make out a faint accent now. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Their next form of torment was to repeat whatever Julian said in an exaggerated imitation of his accent. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Her accent wasn’t perfect, a little too long on the ohs and too tight in the back of the throat, but it was really quite good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Try dis!” she’d shouted at me, going full throttle with the accent, exuberantly handing me pieces of grilled fish to taste, handing me fried yams, stalks of sugarcane, and cut-up pieces of mango. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And the more I began to appreciate what she did for my family, the less her accent and hyperactivity bothered me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “What about them Yankees?” said someone with a southern accent. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t notice how incredibly cute the words Hippity Hop sound coming out of his mouth with that accent. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If Grandmother never lost her German accent, she also never lost her taste for the thick black German Brot, which we bought unsliced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke it very well, with hardly a trace of accent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His mother was German and spoke with an accent. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I think it sounds cultivated. Anyway, you’ve managed to make sure none of the children have a southern accent.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The north lived in his voice, his accent from up there, like Caesar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By the time I was six and ready to start school, my accent had already become very Southern. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Sasha could still effortlessly layer a lisp over a Russian accent when the cards required it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He affected an accent that almost made me laugh. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You see. He speaks Italian with an accent.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Each member of the class then took a turn trying to say this tongue twister in an American accent. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z In the Australian accent he says, “What do we think?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I guess all British people are experts on acting and accents and scene-work and dramatic structure, or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z People in the big houses have English accents and they don’t tip telegram boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Right, Tucker Beaumont, the one kid in middle school who didn’t make fun of my accent,” Miles spat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Her accent is 100 percent American, and she never addresses Didu as "Auntie" or greets us with a Namaste. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A tall, heavyset spinster, about forty years old, she always wore a scarf on her head, tied beneath the chin, even during class, and she spoke with a slow, careful Appalachian accent. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Her accent was like off Coronation Street in Manchester. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There was some giggling because he didn’t say it the right way—welcome to the sixth grade, class six-three—but also because he spoke with two accents. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At least if you had an American accent we would tolerate your complaining!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I do not understand everything. I am still unwell,” I said, hearing the contrast between my rough, foreign accent and her lilting, native one. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the Stalag,” said a man with an ironic smile and an English accent. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Or they would disappear, alter themselves out of recognition, learn to speak with proletarian accents, get jobs in a factory, and live out their lives undetected in a back street. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I mean, there was the time I yelled at Mr. Crue, because he kept being mean about us not understanding Spanish well enough to speak in the perfect accent or whatever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But Grandpa Park just swirled his glass with a clink of ice and said, “Not with that accent.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “There is no difference,” the princess retorted, her accent thick and a bit unwieldy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The man with the raised hand demanded, in an accent that sounded Latin American, “How do we get to the Combat Zone?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Though he spoke little, she was glad to be out of her rooms, and dressed in one of her new gowns—a lovely lilac silk dress with pale pink lace accents and pearl beading. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z |
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