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Definition of eye dialect:

(n) : (uncountable) Nonstandard spellings 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.
(n) : (countable) A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech.

Definition of eye dialect:

(n) : (uncountable) Nonstandard spellings 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.
(n) : (countable) A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech.

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