This is for questions about a text that uses "nonstandard respelling (sometimes for comic effect) to represent dialectal or colloquial pronunciation (as Aw knaow for standard I know), or standard pronunciation not predictable from regular orthography (as enuff for standard enough)." (From https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/eye_dialect)
Questions tagged [eye-dialect]
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"Straight Outta"
"Straight outta Edmonton: Chilling video captures moment gunman dressed in Muslim robes opens fire on a teenager in broad daylight in a quiet north London cul-de-sac"
(Daily Mail)
Is straight outta not a slang word? Why can it be used in an…
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"malefactors are depraved on accounta they’re deprived" - the meaning of "on accounta"
The romantic notion that all malefactors are depraved on accounta
they’re deprived has worn thin among experts and laypeople alike.
I found this sentence in a Steven Pinker's book (The Blank Slate). I struggle to understand the meaning of "on…
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Gonna, gotta, wanna and hafta
What are the origins of words like gonna, gotta, hafta and wanna. How do you use them in usual conversation? Where and how are these words used? Can we use them in writing?
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What does "cause" mean in many music lyrics?
I have seen the word "cause" in many music lyrics and usually is pronounced "kez". I curious what does this word mean?
For example, here is a part of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood lyrics:
Cause baby, now we've got bad blood.
Or a part of Linked Park's…
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Eye dialect of 'cross'
Can anyone explain to me how an eye dialect of the word cross can be crost? Where does the 't' at the end come from in the pronounciation of the word? I have seen this mentioned here.
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