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Definition 2024
eye_dialect
eye dialect
English
Noun
eye dialect (countable and uncountable, plural eye dialects)
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- (uncountable) Nonstandard spellings that indicate a standard pronunciation, deliberately used by an author to indicate that the speaker uses a nonstandard or dialectal speech.
- (countable) A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech.
Translations
deliberate nonstandard spellings
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Hyponyms
See also
- Category:English eye dialect
- Category:Eye dialect by language