Accent
Accent noun - The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
Inflection is a synonym for accent in pronunciation topic. In some cases you can use "Inflection" instead a noun "Accent", when it comes to topics like speech, stress or pitch in pronunciation, sounds. popular alternative
Inflection
Inflection noun - Something that curves or is curved.
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Accent is a synonym for inflection in sounds topic. You can use "Accent" instead a noun "Inflection". popular alternative
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He sounds vaguely North American, with a light vaguely-British accent, with the whole mess wrapped up in the Uncanny Valley like he'd read about proper inflection in Earthling conversation but never quite got it.
Source: What the Hell Is That Accent? - Used similarly in Transformers Animated with Blitzwing, who also has three personalities and, bizarrely, associated faces; they use the same voice and accent (mostly, since Hothead actually has an Austrian rather than German accent), but have remarkably different inflection.
Source: Voices Are Not Mental - Averted similarly in Transformers Animated with Blitzwing, who also has three personalities and, bizarrely, associated faces; they use the same voice and accent (mostly, since Hothead actually has an Austrian rather than a German accent), but have remarkably different inflection.
Source: Voices Are Mental
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