Accent Mark

Famous quotes containing the words accent mark, accent and/or mark:

    “An accent mark, perhaps, instead of a whole western accent—a point of punctuation rather than a uniform twang. That is how it should be worn: as a quiet point of character reference, an apt phrase of sartorial allusion—macho, sotto voce.”
    —Phil Patton (b. 1953)

    “The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail,
    Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)