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<font size=3>At 12/8/2007 08:46 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">A "vernacular" dialect
is a "nonstandard" dialect. Standard English, however defined,
is itself a dialect.<br><br>
The phrase "vernacular dialect" is, however, rather
clumsy. Perhaps it was chosen as being less "judgmental"
than "nonstandard." If you buy that kind of
reasoning.</blockquote><br>
So if I want to know what the distinction is between
"nonstandard" and "standard" English (or probably
that should be "Englishes") is, whom do I turn to?<br><br>
Joel</font></body>
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