Vernacular V. Everyday 10/13 - Suzann Slaunwhite

Vernacular writing focuses on the colloquial language of everyday. Its used in a more casual setting and private. Vernacular writing changes on who the audience is and the purpose. Regions help determine vernacular writing and so does the closeness of a relationship. Everyday writing is like an umbrella term and vernacular writing falls under it. Everyday writing can be formal or informal, so vernacular writing is limited to the informal. Everyday writing is used in so many mediums and I believe tombstones are one of them. Tombstones are final words in use to remember someone, like a final ode. I believe some tombstones can be vernacular if they have phrases that are specific to that person or that family. However, most of the time it is formal and polite and something sweet to give a final farewell to that person. I believe it is everyday writing because it gives a message to someone and an audience that particularly relates to that one family. My grandpas tombstone says "Sail On" and it is personal to him and my family because he was sailboat captain and racer. Whereas vernacular can be slang or just different language and everyday writing can be a myriad of sources. I believe my grandpas tombstone is formal and appropriate, but it still has that little part that represents himself and connects us to him through his memories and life. Some people wouldn't get it, but everyone would be able to appreciate it. It is almost difficult to differentiate the two because they are similar, but I do believe vernacular is a form of everyday writing. Tombstones are definitely in between the two because it has aspects of both. They can be general and formal, but also just meant for a families comfort.