givesomefucks , 10 hours ago

That “V” is for vernacular, it excludes written English by definition.

Yeah. But most people “write” online like they speak…

commonwealthtimes.org/…/aave-is-not-your-internet…

If people followed rules about language, yeah, vernacular would just be spoken speech. But that’s not how it works. The rules are made to reflect what people are doing. The rules don’t control what people do.

So yes, while the word vernacular commonly meant only spoken words, there ain’t nothing stopping nobody from typing like they speak.

And people been doing it for a long time