Accent
How words are described
| broad | broad accent | broad stroke |
| normal | normal accent | normal stroke |
| right | right accent | right stroke |
| mild | mild accent | mild stroke |
| Other adjectives: real, slight, bad, silly. | ||
Common collocations
| side | accent side | stroke side |
Both words in one sentence
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A similar concept was used in Nell, which was about a girl picking up a unique accent from a mother who could only talk through one side of her mouth because of a stroke.
Source: What the Hell Is That Accent? -
However, in a master stroke of Rule of Funny he was given a hip American accent to fit with his rock 'n' roll image on the show.
Source: Series / Spitting Image - In many of the Stroke Country pantos, the-in jokes normally mock the football team The Crusaders (normally by commenting on their consistently bad performance, much to the chagrin of nearly every Crusaders supporter in the audience) or mocking our accent.
Source: Pantomime
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Stroke and Accent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accent/stroke
Accent & Stroke. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/accent/stroke>.
Stroke or Accent. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/accent/stroke.
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