‘Woke’ – the difference between sounding socially aware, and being socially aware

October 17, 2024 @ 9:00 amColumns, Listowel Banner, Local News

If you think “woke” is just the past tense of “wake,” think again.  It is one of those words that have morphed (morph itself is another one of those words) into something quite different from the original meaning. One of the beauties of the English language is its flexibility. Words and phrases transform according to…
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Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.