2007-03-05 07:00:46 · 5 answers · asked by shanekeavy 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Patois" is the distinctive speech of a small region.
The special words used by a particular group are its "cant". The most familiar is thieves' cant, especially from the Regency period in England (gentry-mort, milling a ken, bridle-cull, etc.).
According to my dictionary, "argot" is slang or cant, but I think I have also seen it used in the same sense as "patois", so it seems to be the word you want.
2007-03-05 08:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
patwa Jamaica
degalo Philapines
cajun Louisiana
Tex Mex Texas
pigeon Hawaii
Gangsta Generation X
2007-03-05 15:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by manoman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I saw a show where one linguist (he also has a book out on the subject), could tell you where you were raised, within a few-block radius, by how you pronounce a set of words (a special set he came up with).
So, based on that, the answer is: District.
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2007-03-05 15:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
argot
2007-03-05 15:18:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
patois?
2007-03-05 15:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋