dialect
Example Sentences
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He chose the name "Ossick Lass," using local dialect meaning "Urswick girl."
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
To prepare for the role, he studied Benin influencers, music and dialect details many viewers praised for their realism.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Are the Lomans meant to be Irish immigrants or is that a Boston dialect that is being affected when the cartoonish New Yorkese takes a breather?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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
They not only spoke Japanese exclusively, they spoke a dialect peculiar to Kyushu, where their families had come from in Japan, a rough, fisherman’s language, full of oaths and insults.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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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