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Our guide did nothing else but talk of him, and laughed till he cried while recounting the comical freaks of "the sweet man;" or, as he phrased him vernacularly, "Manen sött."

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

On this subject I conceive there cannot be any difference of opinion among those who are vernacularly acquainted with the venerable tongue of the Cymry.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James

"Every one knows best where his own shoe pinches," I answer vernacularly.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

Thrigby, or Trigby as it is vernacularly pronounced, and Rollesby, may take their names from Trigge or Tricga, and Rollo, names occurring in Scandinavian history.

From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George