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Word of the Day - Sociolect
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sociolect
Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊʃɪə(ʊ)lɛkt/ Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊsɪə(ʊ)lɛkt/
noun
The dialect of a particular social class.
Origin
1970s: from socio- + -lect as in dialect.
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Meeting on the street, they spoke. Though they understood what the other had said, it was clear from the different sociolects that they had not come from the same background. (It probably didn't help that neither one knew how to spell very well.)
