Idiom

Of non-standard speech.   May also be referred to as accent and dialect.

The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy".

This concept's ID is @1~38235

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  • eye dialect 0 facts

    The use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker.

  • patois 0 facts

    A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.