dialect

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Having a few weeks of rehearsal ahead of filming helped McEwen and Kidman to establish the similarities in their performances, as did work with Kidman’s dialect coach.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Most young readers today would find “The Yearling” too long, too leisurely and too clogged with dialect, but a few might still feel as I did when I read it more than 60 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

His Owerri dialect had a strong rural accent.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie