eye dialect

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Synonyms: yue dialect

Antonyms: yue dialect

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Nonstandard [[spelling]]s which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of [[speech]].

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