单词 | eye dialect |
释义 | eye dialect in American English nonstandard respelling of words to suggest dialectal or informal pronunciation eye dialect in American Englishnoun the literary use of misspellings that are intended to convey a speaker's lack of education or use of humorously dialectal pronunciations but thatare actually no more than respellings of standard pronunciations, as wimmin for “women,” wuz for “was,” and peepul for “people” Word origin [1920–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, audio, montage, self-service, slalom |
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