ver·nac·u·lar adjective \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\
1 a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
b : of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country
c : of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language
Originally Posted by David.Douchehurst
Precisely, vernacular relates to how an individual SPEAKS and the words they choose to say. I am directing my comments to your TYPING. Your printed word, your grammar usage. Now please correct me if I am mistaken, but Faulkner - or "ole Willie", as you so candidly reference him as - did not tarnish the English language with bullshit and justify it as "southern".
Now, since you seem to understand google and the copy/paste function of your keyboard please allow me to elaborate further:
Vernacular:
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
I stand by my comment, your "grammatical tsunami" is an eyesore.
Ignore.
Originally Posted by klovve
Well, sugar-rectum, yew can insist thet vernacular is limited only ta spoken language, and Ah'll rely on Merriam-Webster's opinyun thet omits specific limitashuns on tha term ta spoken language only.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vernacular
Ah don't blame yew. Jus' like Alanis Morrissette din't really know the daffynishun o' "ironic" Ah see it as a failure of our publick skools an' we culd change all thet if'n we allowed fer more private charter schools an' school vouchers tha way me and my ol' buddy Guv'nor Goodhair keep a tryin' ta git through tha lege.
Yew kin ignore meh, but if'n yore so shure yer right, ya oughta let Merriam-Webster know. They might pay yew a consultant's fee 'r sumpin' fer helpin' them put out a better product.