broad accent

The first element may be raised and rounded in broad accents.

They speak with the broadest accent of the district.

Even in his cups he maintained the broad accent of his land.

Grampin speaks with a broad accent and a firm tone of voice.

It could have been only one man: the innocent-looking salesman lad with the broad accent!

"Sure and glory," he answered in his broadest accent.

My sister has such a broad accent, it's like, 'alriiiight baaaabe'.

His pudgy face and broad accent gave away his Slavic descent.

Sergeant Torgoch smiled at his friend's broad accent.

The spread of the latter in general, together with continuing immigration, means the broader accent is more prevalent in the older population.

He stood out from the ranks of showjumpers because of his broad accent and blunt manner.

A supercilious young man with a white carnation and a broad accent greeted Clyde when he entered the shop.

Scott's broad accent came over the comm.

Ward was smiling a bright, happy, almost drunken smile, playing the innocent Scot and putting on his broadest accent.

Seneca had been born a slave, and still spoke with the broad accent of a black man who'd never had a chance to get an education.

John Bedford Lloyd plays Flaubert with a broad accent and a comic swagger.

He was a north countryman with a broad accent of Yorkshire or Lancashire, and he seemed to be cheerful.

When Comedy Central first broadcast "Ab Fab," it had no idea if the show, with its in-jokes and broad accents, would catch on.

The technical complications were defeated, and all of the ritards, dramatic accelerations, broad accents and other Romantic interpretive paraphernalia were firmly in place.

Bespectacled, Seamer dressed smartly and was proud of his Somerset heritage, often putting on a broad accent when he was in London.

An Australian coastwatcher, not having been informed of the landing, almost attacked the landing force with his native guerrilla force until overhearing the troops' broad accents.

Unsurprisingly, those from a more affluent background generally speak with a less broad accent, closer to that of standard English, compared with people from a working class background.

Yes there are people with broad accents in cities speaking in local dialects but then you could say the same thing about London, Birmingham, Liverpool and many other places.

"Just a seel" It was Beeson s wife, and her broad accent, overcultivated at Miss Portees and Finch, sounded caricatured.

Those who grew up in suburban Perth typically speak with a general Australian accent, and those from regional areas ("from the country") speak with a broad accent.