vernacular

There are added scenes and plenty of salty language, with dialogue that shifts from classical to 21st century vernacular.

The language of the play moves freely from the declamatory to the profane, with some of its funniest moments occurring when fury impels a character to unleash some naughty modern vernacular.

With Huck and other white people, James uses a “slave filter” vernacular; apart from them, he can be his articulate self.

This media can’t be boring or overly wonky — it must speak in popular vernaculars with style and panache.

“The banter in the film is very regional, feels like New England to me, a place where sports are so much a part of the culture that they’ve infused the vernacular.”