Hard
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- For example, a character could have "English (Cityspeak)" as a native tongue and be very hard to understand by people with just "English"
Source: Eloquent in My Native Tongue -
Contrast also with Poirot Speak, where everyone in the native country has only an elementary education in their native language but can only say the hard words in heavily accented English.
Source: As Long as It Sounds Foreign -
Mixed Metaphor: A non-native speaker of English tries to make a metaphor, is told they got it wrong, and corrects himself: Man: He's going to be hard to spot, like a needle in a coal mine.
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