Phonetics Quotes

Mike Tyson and Kool G Rap had lisps - lisps always been cool!

I actually hate lyrics, and I hate it when they're quoted in reviews. I don't think they matter that much; it's the sounds of words - not the words - that I look for.

The cornerstone of education is an easy system of reading and writing. The hey to this is the new Turkish alphabet based on the Latin script.

Rhymes with push-koo; I always say it sounds like a breakfast cereal.

Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables.

I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.

I've always really enjoyed sounds and alliteration and funny words and funny melodies.

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

Some languages are musical in themselves, so that it is pleasant to hear any one read or converse in them, even though we do not understand a word that we hear.... Others are full of growling, snarling, hissing sounds, as though wild beasts and serpents had first taught the people to speak.

When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.

The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.

I start by using Chinese and many of the sounds of other languages are similar.

Take a simple name like Nicholas: you can rhyme it with ridiculous. If you aren't too meticulous. You know, every word's rhymable.

Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.

I am really into how words sound out loud, so I was always the kid who would, like, read the page of the book to herself in her room over and over and over. And Raymond Carver is great for that. Tobias Wolff is an author who is really good for that as well.

Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in comprehending an imperfect gabble if only the accent and rhythm are natural.

Here it is,' Nigel said. Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.' How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married?

For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese.

Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.

I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.

There's always a certain kind of homework you have to do when there's an accent involved.

Verse is a set of specially related sounds, repeated aloud.

I learned by watching my favorite shows. I would just rewind and say the words back, until they sounded right to me. I never studied the American accent, in terms of getting a teacher or taking phonetics classes. I've always been a good mimic. It really wasn't that hard for me.

When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult, so I had six months working with a dialect coach, and it's become a habit.

Voices are always a challenge. I always have to work at each accent I do.