Eye Dialect Definition

noun
Nonstandard respelling of words to suggest dialectal or informal pronunciation.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Eye Dialect

Noun

Singular:
eye dialect
Plural:
eye-dialects

Origin of Eye Dialect

  • From eye + dialect. First used by George P. Krapp in The English Language in America (1925) in reference to written dialogue that uses nonstandard spelling but doesn't indicate an unusual pronunciation.

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Words Starting With

EEYEYE

Words Ending With

TCTECT

Unscrambles

eye dialect

Words Starting With E and Ending With T

Starts With E & Ends With TStarts With EY & Ends With TStarts With E & Ends With CT

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With E11 Letter Words Ending With T