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Things vernacular often describes ("vernacular ________")
- building
- bibles
- varieties
- buildings
- language
- schools
- press
- writers
- theology
- teaching
- literacies
- languages
- practices
- furniture
- school
- name
- translation
- versions
- boys
- translations
- newspapers
- education
- histories
- voices
- literacy
- reading
- literatures
- speech
- words
- poetry
- dialects
- latin
- idiom
- constituents
- forms
- drama
- girls
- culture
- writing
- houses
- traditions
- songs
- dance
- housing
- writings
- scriptures
- builders
- instruction
- books
- papers
- term
- version
- landscapes
- tradition
- names
- english
- sources
- architecture
- regions
- hymns
- tongue
- variants
- editions
- usage
- style
- expression
- tongues
- styles
- poets
- discourse
- art
- liturgy
- loyalty
- authors
- spelling
- prose
- music
- terms
- literature
- form
- texts
- speakers
- religion
- design
- expressions
- fiction
How vernacular often is described ("________ vernacular")
- regional
- chinese
- english
- written
- modern
- spanish
- popular
- yiddish
- vulgar
- egyptian
- western
- architectural
- racy
- century
- expressive
- italian
- rough
- latin
- indian
- class
- common
- spoken
- scottish
- contemporary
- japanese
- classical
- florentine
- ordinary
- black
- anglo
- commercial
- tuscan
- african
- northern
- peculiar
- dutch
- american
- vigorous
- german
- arabic
- own
- ukrainian
- visual
- aramaic
- australian
- irish
- russian
- true
- european
- nonstandard
- native
- familiar
- current
- colloquial
- homely
- rural
- dominant
- everyday
- pure
- medieval
- rich
- illustrious
- urban
- literary
- musical
- french
- traditional
- greek
- plain
- southern
- standard
- local
- broad
