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)
“I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)