dialect
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In preparation to play the prodigal twins in “Sinners,” Jordan told The Times that he trained with dialect coach Beth McGuire, who also worked on Coogler’s “Black Panther” and its sequel, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Having a few weeks of rehearsal ahead of filming helped McEwen and Kidman to establish the similarities in their performances, as did work with Kidman’s dialect coach.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Most young readers today would find “The Yearling” too long, too leisurely and too clogged with dialect, but a few might still feel as I did when I read it more than 60 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
She said her captors were all masked and spoke in the Syrian Arabic dialect.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Farther on, two legions from New Ghis were facing off shield wall to shield wall whilst seijeants in iron halfhelms with horsehair crests screamed commands in their own incomprehensible dialect.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing dialect
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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