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And then there are just simply words in the American dialect that can take me down, like “murderer” or “world,” sometimes “girl” is tricky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He admitted in 2024 that his grasp on the dialect was “horrible.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The choral writing, in Sardinian dialect, reflects the traditional canto a tenore, giving it an earthy, ritualistic flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Street signs are presented in both Italian and German, but the main language is a German dialect.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Both the girls nodded their heads and the elder said something in dialect.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
The Prespa lakes region is home to herding peoples, the Vlachs and Sarakatsani, who seem to be vanishing, taking their dialects with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It's not just the dialects that are disappearing, but also the traditions that came with them.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
But Twain’s greatest discovery was his gloriously unshackled literary style, which was inspired by local dialects and liberated from European refinements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Ms. Fridland cites scholars who suggest its origins can be found in the nonrhotic West African dialects brought to the U.S. by enslaved people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
By linguistic and cultural standards, there were then 12,000 Foré, speaking two mutually intelligible dialects and living in 65 villages of several hundred people each.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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