A list of 49 words by ruzuzu.
- dawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 23 lists
- beegwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- -inwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- drankwas added by jasonwordperson and appears on 15 lists
- thangwas added by jasonwordperson and appears on 11 lists
- datwas added by jasonwordperson and appears on 20 lists
- fellawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 15 lists
- innardwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- stiddywas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- hewwowas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- evawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- mutherwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- widdywas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- alluswas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- bewdywas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- hunnertswas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- hunnertwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- yallerwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- unnerstandwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- wagabonewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- enuffwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- anythinkwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- consarningwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- consarnwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- mavrickwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- dontchawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- sumbitchwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- follerwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- rikewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- ersterwas added by hernesheir and appears on 3 lists
- coinkidinkwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 5 lists
- boidwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- clostwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- don'was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- wannawas added by ruzuzu and appears on 17 lists
- wunnerfulwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- vantwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- loikewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- heahwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- moiderwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- yellocutewas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- yerbwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 3 lists
- zewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- zaywas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- yodwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
- wuzwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 8 lists
- coinkydinkwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 15 lists
- lesseewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 18 lists
- eye dialectwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 4 lists
rolig commented on the list eye-dialect
The thing with "eye dialect" is that a lot of these words are not dialectal pronunciations; they are standard pronunciations, only they are spelled the way they are pronounced. Most native speakers of English pronounce "was" as "wuz", for example, and pronounce "want to", "going to", and "don't you" as "wanna", "gonna", and "dontcha", at least in normal relaxed speech. But someone is quoted as saying "I wuz", "I'm gonna" or "I wanna", often the implication is that they are ignorant or unsophisticated or simply not part of the elite speech community, even though the most sophisticated speakers pronounce these expressions in exactly the same way. Of course a number of the words on this list do convey dialectal pronunciations ("heah", "moider") or stereotypical non-native pronunciations ("ze" for "the", "vant" for "want").
On a side point, it is interesting that we tend to consider dialectal or non-native pronunciations as a sign of ignorance, naivety, or simplemindedness. I had a friend in college who was from Russia and we almost always spoke Russian together. He was a brilliant, sensitive man, and I enjoyed our conversations. But then once I remember having a conversation with him in English. Although his English wasn't terrible, he had a strong Russian accent, and I distinctly remember having to remind myself that this man speaking broken English was not an imbecile but my intelligent, sensitive, witty friend.
And that is the main problem we face with "eye dialects": they tend to convey not the person but only, or primarily, the speech-mask.
June 8, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the list eye-dialect
For what it's worth, Wikipedia's eye dialect page tells us "'The convention violated is one of the eyes, not of the ear'" because "it looks like dialect but doesn't sound like it." (It's quoting from someone named George P. Krapp.)
June 8, 2011
madmouth commented on the list eye-dialect
this Venn diagram STRONGLY overlaps with Popeye speak
March 19, 2014
vendingmachine commented on the list eye-dialect
See stabboard.
March 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the list eye-dialect
See also inverse eye dialect.
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=133
March 23, 2016
ruzuzu commented on the list eye-dialect
Thanks, vm!
March 29, 2016