Standard Accent

Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or accent:

“The urge for Chinese food is always unpredictable: famous for no occasion, standard fare for no holiday, and the constant as to demand is either whim, the needy plebiscite of instantly famished drunks, or pregnancy.”
—Alexander Theroux (b. 1940)

“I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)