Quotes About English Pronunciation

#1. But perhaps nothing speaks more clearly for the absurdities of English pronunciation than that the word for the study of pronunciation in English, orthoepy, can itself be pronounced two ways.

Bill Bryson

#2. Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English.

James F. Cooper

#3. I wouldn't care if he lost both his legs and was in a wheelchair. But it he's having a hard time ... Then I won't see him.

Na Hae Ryeong

#4. I don't remember what I did fifty years ago.

Julius Schwartz

#5. Nobody wants a house in Osaka,' he said, and it was strange to hear him switch suddenly to foreign pronunciation in the middle of his English. 'It would mean you had to live in Osaka.'

'What's wrong with it?'

'It's like . . . Birmingham.

Natasha Pulley

#6. For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

Juvenal

#7. There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

Harvey MacKay

#8. The four cautions: Beware a woman in front of you, beware a horse behind of you, beware a cart beside of you, and beware a priest every which way.

Jamie O'Neill

#9. What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

Joan D. Vinge

#10. You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. 'Hey, y'all, I'm cool with everybody.' That's my message.

Kevin Hart

#11. Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.

Minnie Pearl

#12. I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience.

Paulo Coelho

#13. Nightmares never last. one day you wake up and they're gone.

Akira Toriyama

#14. HOSTESS. Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly.
NEPOMMUCK. Too perfectly. Can you shew me any English woman who speaks English as it should be spoken? Only foreigners who have been taught to speak it speak it well.

George Bernard Shaw

#15. I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity.

Jack Nicklaus

#16. Typically, there's a drive in science to do something just to say you've done it.

Hendrik Poinar

#17. Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.

William Feather

#18. Of village: it is not called so because its inhabitants are of higher age on average; in fact, there is no connection between the words "village" and "age" whatsoever.

Jakub Marian

#19. Ho ho ho, tell me why you are not at home' is something Santa Claus could ask you if you stayed in a hotel over Christmas. It is most certainly not the reason why it is called 'hotel', but it will hopefully help you remember that the stress is actually on the second syllable.

Jakub Marian

#20. Remember that lettuce doesn't grow on a spruce; and it also doesn't rhyme with it.

Jakub Marian

#21. They have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing to eat English food, much of which was designed and manufactured in medieval times during the reign of King Walter the Mildly Disturbed.

Dave Barry

#22. Get money, have fun and treat a woman like she's a queen

Puff Daddy

#23. We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

Michelle Obama

#24. His English was exceptional. There was a glottal sound in his voice, but it was not harsh. I'd often asked him to help me with my sparse Arabic, trying to get my pronunciation of this or that word right. "Shukran." "Afwan." "Qumbula." Thank you. You're welcome. Bomb.

Kevin Powers