Definition of Eye dialect

1. Noun. The use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker.

Generic synonyms: Accent, Dialect, Idiom

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

eye banks
eye black
eye blink
eye bolt
eye bolts
eye burns
eye candy
eye chart
eye charts
eye clinic
eye colour
eye condition
eye contact
eye cup
eye dialect (current term)
eye dialects
eye disease
eye doctor
eye doctors
eye drop
eye dropper
eye drops
eye enucleation
eye evisceration
eye fillet
eye floaters
eye for an eye
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
eye haemorrhage

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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