| 41. | The dialects work as a certain shibboleth; minor accent differences help speakers define others'place of origin.
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| 42. | A shibboleth is a cultural or linguistic trait that marks a person as a member of a particular culture.
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| 43. | It also introduced the idea of liberal democracy, which has become the shibboleth of Western civilization . . ..
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| 44. | :: Is the substitution of " donkey " for " ass " a class-shibboleth or a localism?
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| 45. | The challenge, Khalid extrapolates, is that political Islam is no outworn shibboleth, at least not in Sudan.
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| 46. | Shibboleth had its start as a mining settlement, and was named after a term mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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| 47. | There is even a new shibboleth : " I wish people would love each other the way they love me.
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| 48. | A popular shibboleth of sports journalism holds that no task in sport is harder than hitting a baseball with a bat.
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| 49. | Our culture is awash in guns, All of the old shibboleths are wearing thin with a weary, frightened society.
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| 50. | The typical Swiss shibboleth features this sound : " Chuchich�schtli " ('kitchen cupboard'), pronounced.
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