Not P but Moby-Dick (44)

[Michael Bailey]

Probably a lot of cussin’. (-;

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On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 8:34 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 54:
>
> “At sunrise he summoned all hands; and separating those who had rebelled
> from those who had taken no part in the mutiny, he told the former that he
> had a good mind to flog them all round—thought, upon the whole, he would do
> so—he ought to—justice demanded it; but for the present, considering their
> timely surrender, he would let them go with a reprimand, which he
> accordingly administered in the vernacular.
>
> What does "in the vernacular" mean here exactly?
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