Standard Accent

Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or accent:

“As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.”
—Myriam Miedzian, U.S. author. Boys Will Be Boys, ch. 1 (1991)

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