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Esoteric Dialects and Linguistic Curiosities
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- 1. Incomprehensible private language, often psychological or pathological
- 2. Speech peculiarity involving repetitive or modified ‘l’ sounds
- 3. Nonstandard dialect, often marked by regional or social variation
- 5. Phonological trait influencing the pronunciation of ‘r’ sounds in dialects
- 6. French subcultural dialect associated with flamboyant 1940s youth
- 10. Hybrid tongue formed by interlacing Gaelic with English vernacular
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- 4. Specialized slang or jargon tied to particular professions or groups
- 7. One who delights in obscure or specialized linguistic terminologies
- 8. Language style featuring contradictory terms combined for effect
- 9. Secret jargon used by marginalized groups, often to conceal meaning
- 11. Unique speech pattern specific to an individual speaker
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