Sentence examples for vernacular English from inspiring English sources

Ebonics, also called African American Vernacular English (AAVE), formerly Black English Vernacular (BEV), dialect of American English spoken by a large proportion of African Americans.

In the 1960s and 1970s, books like the Living Bible and the Way came out, written in vernacular English, although scholars criticize their accuracy.

After the Book of Common Prayer was assembled, in 1549, the use of vernacular English for divine purposes influenced devotional poetry as well.

Note that my examples included the absence of inflected "is" or "are" in sentences like "He working" and "They nice" in African-American vernacular English and some Southern varieties.

Mr. Huang's appeal is not only in what he says, but how he says it — a profane concatenation of Mandarin and African-American vernacular English, spiced with allusions to Jonathan Swift, Charles Barkley and Cam'ron.

The first vernacular English text of any part of the Bible to be so published, Tyndale's version became the basis for most subsequent English translations, beginning with the King James Version of 1611.

Earlier this week, a hard-hitting investigation by Epicurious revealed that the food blog (and upcoming cookbook) Thug Kitchen-a brand that got popular by writing recipes in a tone reminiscent of African American Vernacular English-is run by two WASPy white people from California, Michelle Davis and Matt Holloway, whom Epicurious refers to as "masterminds".

Also, Pierce, like any black professional, has a skill for code-switching, and when he's in character the tone of his black-vernacular English deepens so that he speaks to street toughs in their own language.

It is no easy thing to build a convincing vernacular, in English, for German soldiers.

Now gathered together in a single volume, and graded by Michelin-like rankings, the selection proves what a gallery of vernacular art English parish churches are.

Jews have always made a genuine effort to learn some Hebrew, and other sacred languages are archaic forms of the vernacular; the English of the Authorized Version of the Bible became the language of prayer in many Protestant churches.