French Colonial Historical Society

[anotherbanana]

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.

[NormanH]

Would you re-write that in English, please?

[anotherbanana]

I did have you in mind when I posted this, Norman. Seemed right up your street.

[NormanH]

But what is "woke"????? [:-))]

[anotherbanana]

? 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!

[NormanH]

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 parallel

One would'nt   say

"He has gave me "  

So if "woke" is  mistake for "woken" " éveillé" would  work.

[betise]

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.

[NormanH]

Ah thank you.

"Awake socially but ignorant grammatically"  then?