dialect

Characters speak with a more casual, modern dialect.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Sophie has been working with a dialect coach to perfect the accent, but admitted it was "easy to pick up".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

Faizi said "tasks have been divided between men and women" for generations in the Parun Valley, where residents speak their own dialect.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

When I take out my wallet the two men start hollering excitedly in some dialect and push my money away.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Quebeckers accused him, among other things, of “glottophobia”—prejudice against dialects or accents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The film has inadvertently sparked a debate over the government's long-standing push for Chinese Singaporeans to speak Mandarin instead of other languages, or what they call dialects, from China.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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

Double negatives, ain’t, and other nonstandard forms soon became stigmatized by their association with the less prestigious dialects of English used by its poorer and less educated speakers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker