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Eye Dialect
see synonyms of eye dialectNoun
1. eye dialect
the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
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Eye Dialect
see synonyms of eye dialect nonstandard respelling of words to suggest dialectal or informal pronunciation
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Eye Dialect
see synonyms of eye dialectn.
The use of nonstandard spellings, such as enuff for enough or wuz for was, to indicate that the speaker is uneducated or using colloquial, dialectal, or nonstandard speech.
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