A Quote by Rege-Jean Page

My father spoke with something very similar to a 1920s newscaster type of English, and I learnt that accent of power in post-colonial Zimbabwe. So I learnt that, and I learnt how to copy it, and I learnt how to shift in and out of it, but also talk like my mother's relatives in the village.

Rege-Jean Page

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Accent Also Colonial Copy English Father How Learnt Like Mother Out Post Power Relatives Shift Similar Something Spoke Talk Type Very Village Zimbabwe

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Rege-Jean Page
English - Actor
Born: 1990

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