dialects

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To see two different types of people in the same communities speak in two different ways in their own idiolects, to me, that's very interesting,

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2022

"We pick up these idiolects over our lifetimes, not just because of where we grew up, but where we went to school, what kind of job we do, our personal history," Grieve explains.

From Time • Jul. 19, 2017