His dialectal accent makes him difficult to understand. From LearnThat.org.
dialectal variation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Maybe this form represented some kind of dialectal variant that I wasn't familiar with. From Wordnik.com. [Getting it Wrong] Reference
Ah, the trials and tribulations of dialectal differences. From Wordnik.com. [Always look on the bright side] Reference
Or perhaps it's a vestigal dialectal for from the time of the colony. From Wordnik.com. [On 'quarter of'] Reference
In the sense of taking care, there is the dialectal spanish "vaqueiros". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: COWBOY.] Reference
ETYMOLOGY: Probably dialectal variant of meander probably influenced by wander. From Wordnik.com. ["It was a strategic mistake to send Sarah Palin out on the stump as warrior girl. Mr. McCain is war-y enough."] Reference
I've often heard it pronounced "mani-GOTT," with dialectal intervocalic voicing. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PROSHOOT.] Reference
And dialectal differences are much greater in Kyushu than in Hokkaido like East vs. From Wordnik.com. [Greek to me » Japundit Blog] Reference
Probably the most correct interpretation of these two forms is that atashi is dialectal. From Wordnik.com. [Literacy among Etruscan specialists less than 10% (or Alphabet Chess)] Reference
For other flavors, even specific dialectal dictionaries use Latin phonetic transliteration. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Arabic Language Expertise in the Military] Reference
My immediate hunch is that there was some dialectal mixing going on between early IE dialects. From Wordnik.com. [PIE *kap- and *ghabh-] Reference
Via a kaleboel entry in which Trevor bashes poor Bill Poser for alleged sloppy dialectal description. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: DICCIONARI.] Reference
These early Italian dialectal differences have also left their imprints on the modern Romance languages. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ITALIAN DIALECTS.] Reference
In more general terms, dialectal behavioural therapy DBT refers to three things to look to, not just outcome. From Wordnik.com. [Focus On The Outcome Before Reacting For Better Results | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
I disagreed strongly with one article's premise that dialectal English is a positive way to convey ethnicity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
Austrian does have dialectal differences between Austria and the other nations which share German as a language. From Wordnik.com. [Ah, the crippling irony.] Reference
When we think of dialectal variation, we usually think of the unusual words that occur in one area but not others. From Wordnik.com. [Snow terms | Linguism] Reference
You once again identified the dialectal link between our domestic policy objectives and our foreign policy objectives. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Colloquial or dialectal Arabic refers to the many national or regional varieties which constitute the everyday spoken language. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Arabic Language Expertise in the Military] Reference
The latest citation is from Tennyson, 1885, which is clearly dialectal, and that seems to be the way the form has been used since. From Wordnik.com. [On boilt] Reference
Well, the word "partisan" comes from the French partizane and from the Italian dialectal (arma) partisana, which actually means "weapon.". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Axelrod: Bi-Partisanship; or, the Fine Art of Spear Throwing] Reference
For the Protestant, truth is essentially dialectal. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
It contains a considerable number of dialectal words. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
In addition, he showed no interest in recording dialectal differences. From Wordnik.com. [Nunatsiaq News - Online] Reference
Aleuts are divided linguistically into the Atkan and Eastern dialectal variants. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
They must certainly have been looked upon, at the first, as being rustic or dialectal. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
Since w: b is not an attested dialectal variation, these may be mishearings on the part of the original transcriber. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Date: circa 1912 nonstandard: regardless usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Some of them probably heard the jests at the expense of their dialectal peculiarities which Plautus introduced into his comedies. From Wordnik.com. [The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature] Reference
With regard to dialectal Scandinavian, see the List of English Words, as compared with Icelandic, in my Appendix to Cleasby and Vigfusson's. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
Towards the end of the seventeenth century, the value of dialectal words as helping to explain our English vocabulary began to be recognised. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
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