Russell Crowe

I was too kind of brave and proud to want a dialect coach because I thought that showed weakness in my armor. But then you just learn it's a more efficient way of doing it. A dialect coach is really important because it takes a certain technical responsibility off your shoulders.

Australian Actor

E. O. Wilson

I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.

American Scientist

Cory Michael Smith

One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth he puts his words into, how he expresses himself, and there's a certain flavor you get with a dialect.

American Actor

Lana Condor

When I am driving to an audition, I listen to the 'Hamilton: The Musical' soundtrack. It's super inspiring, but also, if I kind of sing-slash-rap along to it, it helps me with my pronunciation and dialect.

American Actress

Idris Elba

Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.

British Actor

Madeleine Stowe

Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.

Dan Amboyer

I did 'Christmas Carol' off and on through my teenage years, so I always had that dialect and that sound in my ear, which was so helpful. It became second nature.

Prunella Scales

I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.

English Actress

Lake Bell

I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...

Tanikella Bharani

Earlier, directors shied away from having a character speak in the Telangana dialect but not anymore.

Indian Actor

Dialects often change geographically, even within the same language.

Geographical Variation

A dialect can reveal where someone is from or their social background.

Identity Marker

Local dialects may include unique sayings and expressions of cultural significance.

Cultural Uniqueness

Technical dialects are specialized versions of language used within certain professions or groups.

Specialized Communication

Profession-specific dialects can signal belonging to a particular professional group.

Group Identity

Dialect allows complex ideas to be expressed easily amongst experts.

Ease of Expression

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 But along the alleys, street signs contain words in Venetian dialect for the locations of old boatyards, oar makers and ferry stations, imprinting the memory of the boat-building trades that once kept life in the most serene republic gliding along at a steady clip.

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 Each songbird species has its own distinct song patterns, some with characteristic regional dialects. Experienced listeners can even distinguish individual birds by their unique songs. So how do birds learn these songs in the first place?

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 And if you're squirming or you're laughing or you stood up, or you're beginning to stand, you're speaking the language that I endearingly call "the language of growing up a fat kid." And any body-image issue is a dialect of that language.

The language of being...

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What Sperm Whales Can...

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 When we talk about English, we often think of it as a single language but what do the dialects spoken in dozens of countries around the world have in common with each other,

Where did English come...

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