dialect
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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
She said her captors were all masked and spoke in the Syrian Arabic dialect.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
He was a keen student of dialect; doing movies in the South, he meandered down backroads, learning just the right way to frame a question in rural Mississippi or deliver a compliment in west Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Higher Brothers, known for blending Mandarin and the local dialect, is one of the main hip-hop groups originating from the city.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
The letters all came from the English alphabet, but the Mounties suspected the plaintext was in Chinese, probably in Cantonese dialect.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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