mówić z litery

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Polish

Etymology

Literally, to speak from the letter.

Pronunciation

Verb

mówić z litery impf

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, Far Masovian) to speak standard Polish and not in one's dialect
    A, ślachetny taki cłowiek, tak se z litery mówi, cysto.Ah, he is a nobleman, he speaks Standard Polish, purely.

Further reading

  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “mówić z litery”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 207