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Lawn Guyland

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New York City/ˌlɔŋ ˈɡaɪlənd/

Lawn Guyland proper noun: a representation of the local pronunciation of Long Island, in which word-final ⟨ng⟩ is pronounced /ŋɡ/ rather than /ŋ/.

lawn guyland: a representation of the local pronunciation of Long Island, in which word-final ⟨ng⟩ is pronounced...
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Proper noun

Lawn Guyland

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) A representation of the local pronunciation of Long Island, in which word-final ⟨ng⟩ is pronounced /ŋɡ/ rather than /ŋ/.
    • Trudi still had a German accent, but Liesl and Fritz were perfect New Yorkers who said bold and toid, Noo Joysey, Lawn Guyland, and were adopting youse from the Irish.1941, William James Blake, The Copperheads, page 95
    • Dr. Roth, upon moving his family to Steppingstone Harbor two years earlier, had claimed that there would be hell to pay if Nancy and her little sister Courtney ever picked up the typical Lawn Guyland accent.2000, T. C. Gardstein, Circuit, page 49

Examples of Lawn Guyland in a sentence

  • I'm out in Lawn Guyland for the summer at my dad's place at the beach.2010, David Gordon, The Serialist: A Novel, page 327:
  • Or, heaven help us, a Lawn Guyland accent—that squawking horror of a dialect that gave the Guyland its nickname!2016, Andrew Klavan, The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ, page 11:

Origin of Lawn Guyland

A humorous exaggeration of the local dialect pronunciation of Long Island.

Questions about Lawn Guyland

What does Lawn Guyland mean?
Lawn Guyland means a representation of the local pronunciation of Long Island, in which word-final ⟨ng⟩ is pronounced /ŋɡ/ rather than /ŋ/.
How do you use Lawn Guyland in a sentence?
I'm out in Lawn Guyland for the summer at my dad's place at the beach.
What part of speech is Lawn Guyland?
Lawn Guyland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lawn Guyland?
Lawn Guyland is pronounced /ˌlɔŋ ˈɡaɪlənd/ (New York City).

Words near Lawn Guyland in the dictionary

  1. lawn flamingo
  2. lawn food
  3. lawn foods
  4. lawn gnome
  5. lawn gnomes
  6. Lawn Guyland
  7. lawn jart
  8. lawn jarts
  9. lawn job
  10. lawn jobs
  11. lawn jockey

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