• Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling either because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the...
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  • activist Beeg Boy, a nickname for Rico Carty (born 1939), baseball player Eye dialect form of big Bee Gees Big (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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  • Fuhgeddaboudit, an eye dialect spelling of "forget about it," may refer to: Fuhgeddaboudit, a stereotypical phrase from New York City English, included...
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  • other spelling variants were associated with regional dialects (e.g. Scottish English) and eye dialect (e.g. African American Vernacular English).[citation...
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  • A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. It can also refer to a language subordinate in status to a dominant language...
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  • dialects or idiolects to create an impression of backwardness or illiteracy in the speaker. This is called literary dialect, often called eye dialect...
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  • Linton Kwesi Johnson) where it is sometimes described as eye dialect. Nonstandard dialects have been used in classic literature throughout history. One...
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    Ukrainian dialect, translates to "All will pass but God's eye does not pass you." The Eye of Providence in a Jewish cemetery in Kamienna Góra Eye of Providence...
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    N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes, eye dialect for Niggas With Attitudes) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California. They...
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  • common usage of cacography is to caricature illiterate speakers, as with eye dialect spelling. Others include the use to indicate that something was written...
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