idiolect
/ˈɪdɪəlɛkt/
noun
- The language or speech pattern of one individual at a particular period of life (Merriam Webster)
- The speech habits peculiar to a particular person (Oxford Languages)
- A person’s individual speech pattern (Dictionary.com)
About Sam
Sam Hurwitt is a former freelance arts journalist and theater critic who also writes about books, comics, film, and other media. His work has been featured in American Theatre, East Bay Times/Mercury News, Marin Independent Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Variety, and more. His fiction has been published in Fourteen Hills, The Misfit Library, Defunkt and the Doubleday anthology Voices of the Xiled.
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