vernacular

Mr. Lornell, a professor emeritus of music history and culture at George Washington University, has written many works on vernacular music, from a Lead Belly biography to a survey of Washington’s go-go music scene.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

It’s a hard one to get on the first try because the vernacular is so particular, but when we read it physically while also listening to the audiobook, it’s such a great novel to hear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The excitement comes with its own vernacular, as “powder hounds” hit the slopes, looking for “fresh tracks” and “chasing pow.”

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026

She couldn’t have known she’d alter my vernacular forever, but when Cher posted, “Whats going on with mycareer” — typos and all — nothing would ever be the same.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026

By 1959, scholars convinced the government that Persia and Iran should both be part of the vernacular.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

“People at the top spoke a different language, often Latin, and populations would speak local vernaculars, which were not standardized.”

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026

He has driven across the country more than a dozen times, mapping highways, studying vernaculars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Certainly the enormity of the loss from this virus has made a full reckoning difficult, at least within established memorial vernaculars.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2022

And from its conductor, it demands not just mastery of Ravel’s own skillful orchestration, which often seems to rise from the body of the piano, but also the composer’s savvy interlocking of vernaculars.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

Phonetics.—The stress-accent of Bihari follows the usual rules of modern Indo-Aryan vernaculars.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various