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David B. Mixner, the son of working-class parents, has a self-described hillbilly accent and pairs ties with cowboy boots. He is also openly gay and one of the most powerful activists for gay and lesbian rights in the nation...
...about the ever-difficult problem of admitting to acquaintances just where we go to school. For me, there are times when proudly declaring "I go to Harvard" is an asset, but more often than not, especially at home, it causes raised eyebrows, quick judgments, and the mocking "Ha-vaad" accent. I don't think my own mother has ever voluntarily told anyone in Baltimore where I go to college, except to say, "She goes to school in Boston." Admittedly, I've fallen prey to using this line more than a couple times over my years here, but I had excused...
Problems start to arise, however, with the boisterousness of the kid personas: they tend to take center stage. Sullivan plays Anna's two kid personas to great comic effect: now an outrageous Chevalierian accent, now a tiny, tiny child's voice. One scene involving a single peanut butter and jelly sandwich reaches epic proportions, and one fears for the moment that Sullivan will explode onstage. Her Anna seems understandable impatient at times to return to the other personas: they're more...
Unlike the man he would replace, no one would ever mistake Gephardt for a revolutionary. With his flat Midwestern accent, his crisp, cuffless blue suits and his wispy, ginger-colored hair, he comes across as exactly what he is: careful and deliberate, encouraging but rarely inspiring. Where Gingrich prefers to back his opponents up against a wall, Gephardt would rather subdue them at the negotiating table. His willingness to sit and listen for hours while others gripe and posture has earned him the nickname "Ironbutt," courtesy of his colleagues...
...assume one could argue that this type of classroom setting could be beneficial for the aspiring undergraduate, hoping to one day become the perfect graduate student with the perfect accent. But that would be a futile argument. The classroom would then become like a wrestling match between children trying to get a fair share or more of a mother's attention, a competitive atmosphere where students couldn't learn, too worried with getting at least some recognition of existence...