What's the term called, when a local area has a special word/s for certain things there, but visitors don't know it and maybe don't pronounce it "correctly" so the locals then know that the person is really a visitor?
I'll think of it right when I fall asleep tonight... maybe.
@CJLavoie Colloquial.
Merriam-Webster defines colloquialism as "a local or regional dialect expression", meaning words or expressions that are unique to different regions.
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Shibboleth
It's a very interesting concept (to me). Reading about it now on Wikipedia.
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But can you pronounce the word on the sign in the wiki example?
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I was reminded of this (They should have included Peabody):