Word: vernacularized
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...whole, it might have been better to leave English out of the film. The dialogue, full of literal translations of Spanish vernacular, is often merely funny where it should be eloquent. The plot, which might have seemed charmingly pastoral in a foreign tongue, seems only out-of-date...
...property of the Ballet Russe, Frankie and Johnnie is scheduled for twelve Manhattan performances arid a subsequent road tour. Because, in its own vernacular, "it ain't got no moral," Frankie and Johnnie landed in the East at just the right moment to add fresh fuel to Manhattan's roaring theatrical censorship squabble (see THEATER). After the opening performance, censors tidied...
...obvious to all who attended, the Pre-commissioning Banquet was, in the vernacular, a howling success. Several promising dramatic artists were discovered in the audience (either under the influence of the famed Currie School or other influences of the moment), and many of the faculty members surprised all with their well-chosen but informal bits of advice...
...mold: The Great Gildersleeve, Andy Hardy, Laurel and Hardy, Crime Doctor, Doctor Gillespie, Fibber McGeo and Molly. People find these entertaining, just as they like familiar Tchaikowsky and spurn Shostakovich, but no further contribution to a stagnating film-art can come from such mechanically-whipped froth. To use the vernacular, when you've seen one, you've seen...
...Episcopalian vernacular for a bishop's black chimere and white rochet...