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Definition of Eye dialect
1. Noun. The use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker.
Definition of Eye dialect
1. Noun. The deliberate use of nonstandard spellings to indicate that the speaker uses a nonstandard or dialectal speech, even though the spelling is pronounced the same way as the original word. ¹
2. Noun. The written representations of dialect speech in which words are spelled in a manner which indicates a non-standard pronunciation. ¹
3. Noun. A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eye Dialect
Literary usage of Eye dialect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"That is, the early foliation of the oak indicates a good grass year. You will
play with the bull till you get his horn in your eye. DIALECT ..."
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