Stewart is just under six feet tall; he carries himself with a slightly formal bearing; and his speech alternates between being very ceremonious (when he thinks the occasion requires it) and very folksy (when he thinks it is time, or safe, to relax into the vernacular of his working-class background).
Well, some might say, young Tagg is hardly a credit to his illustrious background with such dockers' vernacular as "taking a swing".
These endangered shelters – hang-out spots for drinking tea, playing games and watching TV (one has a satellite dish precariously rigged to it) – are a touching picture of vernacular life in Bahrain, a mental background on which to project the current violence.
It provides a pluralistic historical background of the genuine vernacular architectural and urban forms of an insular context.
For 2000 years, the inter-connexion between the specific structure of the Chinese eastern climates and the cultural background have produced remarkable vernacular housing types, both well adapted to the local conditions, and reflecting consistent values and knowledge.
Using my vernacular, Chris is a ground feeder.
He reinvented standup, which until he developed his signature style, in 1971, had consisted largely of borscht-belt-style male comedians telling tales in the Jewish vernacular, regardless of their own religion or background.
This disturbing story, covered in the Hindi and English print media, highlights the long-standing divide between students who come from English-medium backgrounds and those who come from "vernacular" ones.
Against the background of the French colonial grid plan design of Dakar, the vernacular Lebou traditions of settlement configuration are discussed.
That its great figures, in the 1950s, came not only from our background but from our home streets, and that they were vernacular-speaking ragamuffins like us, had an enormous influence on young Manchester climbers.' With limited resources and rudimentary equipment, climbing was then much more dangerous than it is today.
