Monday, November 28, 2011

Vernacular

The language cultures and societies use every day differ from another. For example, the language spoken in Spain (Spanish) is completely different than the language spoken in England (English). Furthermore, the words we use within a specific language changes under various circumstances. Your vernacular is expressed as the words you use on a daily basis. For example, the stereotypical Australian will use the word "mate" repeatedly when talking to another person, and this is known as their vernacular.



As you watch this video, you can see that he tries to use an Australian's vernacular for comedic value. Sadly, he did not know that Austria is different than Australia and failed to make the connection.

2 comments:

  1. Dumb and dumber was a really good video connection to use since most people have seen it so it'd be easy to remember for the test. Nice job :)

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  2. Good connection! The example is great because it's funny despite his mistake. Nice job, Alex McKinney!

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