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