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How to pronounce vernacular in American English
“vernacular” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to vernacular the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “vernacular” in: all accents · British English (38 clips)
“vernacular” in real sentences — American speakers
47 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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into a different vernacular.
The Obama White House
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The common vernacular is drones.
FAA
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Those are denoted the subsidy side and the money side in the vernacular.
FTC
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of vernacular. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.