patois

Example Sentences

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English may be the main language but patois, spoken at accelerated speed, is ubiquitous and routinely used to show kinship and camaraderie.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

For Green, one of the biggest challenges of a film like “One Love” was getting the patois language right and making it feel real without watering it down.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Capped with a fez, speaking some sort of French patois, Mitchell brings his own campy aura to the movie, including the portentous punchline: “Choice is a Western concept.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

The former paints vivid scenes with the era’s Chicano patois; the latter uses stats and interviews to damn a racist city and praise the Mexican Americans who nevertheless succeeded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

He had a funny new accent that was more lilt and twang than patois.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon