vernacular
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The libretto is mostly in vernacular English, except for choral interjections of the Buddhist “Diamond Sutra,” sung in Chinese.
From Los Angeles Times
Above all, in his numerous houses, he revived the Shingle Style, the informal and flexible 19th-century vernacular that is the most American of architectural creations.
Drenched in sweat and their bodies chiseled with muscle, they weren’t playing — they were running and banging and talking trash in their own unique vernacular.
From Los Angeles Times
Remember, Barack Obama would cite Ronald Reagan, the country's first black president was working in the Reaganesque vernacular.
From Salon
Robert Garland’s “Return” is a funky mix of African American vernacular and neo-classical steps to recordings by James Brown and Aretha Franklin.
From New York Times
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