| 1. | Knowledge of language and of the vernacular dialects. - from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana |
| 2. | "Very well, then," said Ignatius Gallaher, "let us have another one as a deoc an doruis--that's good vernacular for a small whisky, I believe.. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 3. | And to this vernacular use Plato himself in the Laws seems to revert, though not always. - from The Republic by Plato |