Sean Connery’s amazing array of accents includes Russian-Scottish, Irish-Scottish, Spanish-Scottish, Arabian-Scottish, and English-Scottish.
Simon Rose
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All Englishmen talk as if they’ve got a bushel of plums stuck in their throats, and then after swallowing them get constipated from the pits.
W.C Fields -
Children who have difficulty with ‘cat’ and ‘mat’ have no difficulty with four letter words.
Pam Brown -
I know only two words of American slang: ‘swell’ and ‘lousy’. I think ‘swell’ is lousy, but ‘lousy’ is swell.
J.B Priestley -
Slang is language that takes off its coat, rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.
Carl Sandburg -
If anyone corrects your pronunciation of a word in a public place, you have every right to punch him in the nose.
Heywood Broun -
In England, an elevator is called a lift, a mile is called a kilometre, and botulism is called a steak and kidney pie.
Greg Daniels -
The worst words in the English language are, ‘We have to talk.’ Either that or, ‘Whose bra is this?
Jerry Seinfeld -
The most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
Ronald Reagan -
The saddest words in the English language are, ‘Partick Thistle, nil.
Billy Connolly