Sentence examples for local words from inspiring English sources

Wherever I went, people were using local words and expressions I hadn't heard before.

The English word is used for soft loans from the government; local words are used for loans they should take more seriously.

Part of Chandra's technique is to leave hundreds of local words not only untranslated (the book contains a list of characters but no glossary) but unitalicised.

The "Lost in Translation" project started by locals intent on saving their oft-derided accent and local words from extinction has been running in ten Norfolk schools for a year.

Rainfall, particularly during winter in the northern provinces of La Coruña and Lugo, is legendary: a philologist from Santiago university has discovered 100 local words to describe different kinds of rain.

But accent, a few local words and a tiny few grammar differences (like you/y'all/youse), do not hinder comprehension enough to make Kentuckyan or Brooklynese "languages".What about the Chinese case?

The rangers whisper urgently, "Gorh", the local word for rhinoceros.

Much baksheesh, the local word for "gratuities," changed hands.

"I usually first hear of my target companies through local word of mouth," he says.

Elsewhere, Clapp finds that the local word for a statue is "Tussaud".

Its name is derived from danawan, a local word meaning "shallow lagoon"; there are beaches for swimming nearby.