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eye dialect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
eye- -di-alect
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.

Uncountable

noun

A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech.

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From eye + dialect, by analogy with eye rhyme. First used by George Philip Krapp in The English Language in America (1925) in reference to written dialogue that uses nonstandard spelling but does not indicate an unusual pronunciation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eye dialects (plural)

Phrases

eye rhyme pronunciation spelling literary dialect dialect spelling dialect respelling

Frequently Paired Words

eye rhyme pronunciation spelling literary dialect dialect spelling dialect respelling

Questions

What does eye dialect mean?
Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.
Where does eye dialect come from?
From eye + dialect, by analogy with eye rhyme. First used by George Philip Krapp in The English Language in America (1925) in reference to written dialogue that uses nonstandard spelling but does not indicate an unusual pronunciation.

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