Vernacular Vernacular A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population. It is distinguished from a standard, national or literary language or a "lingua franca", used to facilitate communication across a large area. It is usually native, mostly spoken rather than written and usually seen as of lower status than more standardized forms. It can be a language, dialect or sociolect. Some linguists use "vernacular" and "nonstandard dialect" as synonyms. Usage of the word "vernacular" is not recent. In 1688, James Howell wrote: Concerning Italy,
Day of the Wacko awarded a Golden Lion (Złoty Lew), Marek Kondrat individually for best actor, and Maria Chilarecka for sound. "Day of the wacko" was also rewarded with Prize of the President of Association of Polish People of Film (Nagroda Prezesa Stowarzyszenia Filmowców Polskich). Day of the Wacko Day of the wacko () is a 2002 comedy-drama from Poland, about a day in the life of Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish language teacher suffering from OCD and trying to write a verse. It stars Marek Kondrat, Piotr Machalica, Andrzej Grabowski and Janina Traczykówna. It was directed by Marek Koterski and is distributed by Vision.