Sentences with phrase «twang on»

For the most part, it's a love story both incisively specific — it has a brace of genuinely profound, provocative things to say about homosexuality in a mostly accepting, but overwhelmingly straight, world — and swooningly identifiable; anyone, regardless of their orientation, who's had a fleeting night or two with someone that could have turned into more, will feel a firm twang on their heartstrings here.

Even though he's hoofing the same animal - sidekick territory here as he did in Mulan, Murphy dominates the dialogue, portraying a donkey who's as motormouthed as he's supposed to be stubborn, the perfect foil to Myers» anti-social, Scots - accented Shrek (quite why Myers insists on repeatedly foisting this fake - Caledonian twang on us is a mystery, but, what the hell, it works well enough).

Who could possibly decide between listening to someone playing the violin or twanging on a Jew's harp?

Not exact matches

Being new to Canada and rather homesick, we invited in two Mormon missionaries from Utah when they called on us in Montreal and spoke with their familiar Western twang.

But teammate Rob Newton's impersonation of the Aussie's twang has become spot - on, making it easier for both sides to communicate.

Kileah says... Have you ever gotten that twang of inner anxiety over purchasing a NICE item of clothing on the internet?

ELK POINT, SD — It would probably not be accurate to say Professor Mindy Brashears speaks with a Texas twang or that ABC's attorney Dane Butswinkas has a Richmond dialect, but the difficulty the two have understanding each other slowed proceedings on the fourth day of the $ 1.9 billion civil defamation trial against the network.

Alternating between Queen's English, Scottish and a northern English twang, it is a struggle to listen to what she is saying without focusing on how she is saying it.

A native of Harlan County, Kentucky, she had a distinct twang and delivery that she employed to critique Republican policy with regularity from the dais and on the House floor.

It's that kind of mature acceptance that really makes her work shine and stand on its own, despite the vocal similarities of her and Miley (that signature Cyrus pop - twang).

The familiar twang, the iced tea, and the slower pace sinks in, and before I know it, I'm leaving on a jet plane but still saying «y ’ all» and classifying fried pickles as a vegetable.

This henchman is one twisted terror, hiding his malice behind a Texas twang and a serious fanboy crush on Wolverine.

Even though his tacky ostinatos did as much to keep Notes on a Scandal walking that fine line between class and trash, it's hard to imagine it playing well on Borders» P.A. systems as do Desplat's regal albeit icy themes (or Glass's own nominated score for The Hours)-- I can't tell you how many times I found myself paging through an issue of Adbusters, The Believer, or Instinct while «Overture to Ennis Fucking Jack Nasty» twanged from the overhead speakers.

In between he gets hooked on every substance known to show - biz, drops acid with The Beatles (played by Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Justin Long and Jason Schwartzman), turns into Brian Wilson for an endless summer, abandons a few dozen children, and meets his soulmate in country - twanged singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer in June Carter mode).

When asked on the red carpet about the origins of his onscreen Soviet twang, he said: «I watched Sesame Street.

On paper, it was Terriers with a twang, but the opening story — a sunken treasure hunt involving Hap's ex-wife and a group of aging»60s radicals — was so slow and glum that I never finished the brief season, even with only two episodes to go.

Ronan is constantly arguing herself, which gets funnier as she goes along because, as Melanie was from Louisiana, on occasion her «inside» voice has a little bit of a twang.

Slim Pickens, in Blazing Saddles, twanged it best: «What in the wahd, wahd world of sports is a-goin» on here?»

The south Boston native doesn't even begin to affect a twang, even though his character is a small - time inventor living on a farm in small - town Texas.

It's undeniably slight and verges on being pointless, but who needs Shakespeare when you have Sharlto Copley shouting obscenities in a South African twang whilst on fire?

Technically, and as defined by every working dialect coach (I am one; I studied with folks who get called by Martin Scorsese on every one of his dialect movies and my mentor is a working VO talent and dialect coach from Denver who studied with Cicely Berry of the RSC; Kristen Linklater and even Edith Skinner) call these dialects: My folks have an Appalachian, WV dialect, when I have a Tennessee twang, southern dialect.

Everybody comments on the twang when they first hear it.

Set to the twangs of «I've Loved You All Over The World» by Willie Nelson, the two buddies can be seen chowing down on barbeque meats, shooting the breeze, chewing what we can only assume is a really expensive shoe, and even meeting up with an old love.

As we struggled to reach the end of our journey, the sound of my mage's fireballs incinerating their target joined in chorus with the thud of massive hammers, metallic twang of steel and impact of our archer's arrows on seemingly endless waves of lethal, skittering Skaven.

The clash of sword on sword, the twang of an arrow loosed from a bow and the whoosh of an exploding fireball all help make Lothric feel like a real and vibrant place — to say nothing of the chilling distant moans or footsteps of enemies that let you know a fierce battle could lurk just around the corner.

After cutting his teeth on the Berkshire gig circuit, he spread his musical wings down South, wandering through Macon, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee, where he rose to prominence in the local club scene with his top notch country twang.

Acoustic guitars seemed to cut at the attack like the twang of a bow, and piano was bright, and lacking body on most of our test tracks.