anotherbanana Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Some folk might be interested in perhaps joining the French Colonial Historical Society which seriously studies what the name suggests. Seems very woke but there is some good stuff in there if you have the interest.They are on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Would you re-write that in English, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 I did have you in mind when I posted this, Norman. Seemed right up your street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 But what is "woke"????? [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 ? The French words are so inappropriate - tiens toi au courant de ce qu'i se passe or être réveillé, even éveillé, or, one that has a touch of irony, dessaler.In English it seems anything that people want it to mean, largely IMNVHO revisiting English history to fit one’s own view or chip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I looked it up in an American dictionary, and their etymology was wrong since it stated that 'woke' is the 'past tense and past participle' of "wake"wheras the past participle of wake (the part of the verb that can be used as an adjective ) is "woken "I" woke up" (past tense)"He has just woken up" (past participle) As a parallelOne would'nt say "He has gave me " So if "woke" is mistake for "woken" " éveillé" would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betise Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 You probably know this by now Norman, but "Woke is a slang term that is easing into the mainstream from some varieties of a dialect called African American Vernacular English (sometimes called AAVE). In AAVE, awake is often rendered as woke, as in, “I was sleeping, but now I'm woke.” 'Woke' is increasingly used as a byword for social awareness." Copied from the interwibble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Ah thank you."Awake socially but ignorant grammatically" then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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