Dialect
Dialect noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.
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Informal and dialect are semantically related in vernacular topic. In some cases you can use "Informal" instead an adjective "Dialect".
Informal
Informal adjective - Not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules.
Dialect and informal are semantically related in vernacular topic. Sometimes you can use "Dialect" instead an adjective "Informal".
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- Sometimes writers try to avoid having the narrator sound too much like a narrator speaking the King's English, by having them write in an informal, more casual dialect.
- Thee/Tha: Yorkshire is the only major English dialect to preserve the T/V distinction common in European languages (French tu/vous etc), with thee/tha being the modern evolutions of thee/thou, used instead of you but only in informal situations between social equals.
Source: Useful Notes / British English -
In appendix E, Tolkien states that Westron (the common tongue of Middle-Earth, which was rendered as English in the books), has two second-person pronouns, one formal and one informal, but that the formal one has fallen into disuse in the Hobbit dialect.
Source: Culture Clash
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