The word woke has been around for decades. İt's origins are from African American culture. İ first heard it a good few years back so I was surprised it's recently being used for something other than it's original meaning. İt's bandied about now as an insult but when pressed those using it can't really say what it means. Just use dickhead instead. You know where you stand then.
Agreed. It was used to refer to someone who was aware of social inequality, in particular regarding race and colour. So for example a man, probably black, might have said or thought 'I listened to that Martin Luther King last night I woke up to what's going on, and now I'm going to stay woke'. In recent times it's been hi-jacked by people who just want to insult others who have views they disagree with. Bit like calling people snowflakes, knicker-wetters, poodles, etc.
James O'Brien has something called woke watch every morning. Some people often call in and try and say what woke is but fail every time. İt's quite funny to hear them. Cockwomble is underused if they're looking for an insult.
Bit of good news on a wet, miserable day, Zaghari-Ratcliffe coming home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870
On a slightly related bit of information, I saw someone asked when did the American accent develop away from the British one. The answer apparently is that it didn't, at the time the English first went to America that was largely how the accent was in England at the time. I suspect that the Irish and Scottish accents also had something to do with it.
Was there any explanation why the English accent in England changed? Also, kind of using the same logic, wouldn't the Australian accent be similar to the American? Really interesting how language and accent can differ even between short geographical distance.
On a slightly (ish) related topic i think you might find this partly answered in Thomas Sowell's book 'Black rednecks and white liberals'. Fascinating book. Explains in part explains the Scottish and Irish migration to America and how it shaped certain sections of the country which can be seen today. Not always complimentary, so this is your trigger warning for all you snowflakes ❄️
I watched a programme about this recently, it seems a lot of the early US settlers originated from Cornwall and Devon and it was actually the south west accent of the time that was closest to modern day American accents.
