Re: Boontling 'lingo'

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Richard Hyde (rah@netcom.com) wrote:

: Dialect: Not too far off from "lingo". A version of a language spoken
: by a particular person or class. A variety of a language with
: non-standard idiom, vocabulaty, or pronunciation.

The word for the version of a language spoken by a particular person is
"idiolect." And we all have at least one!

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