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Nevilledog

(51,201 posts) Thu Mar 16, 2023, 01:59 AM Mar 2023

What "woke" really means vs. what it has been turned into

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In case @bethanyshondark (or anybody else) actually wants to know what “woke” really means vs. what it has been turned into. #UnitedShades

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2:52 PM · Mar 15, 2023

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What "woke" really means vs. what it has been turned into (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2023 OP

To me it's still just the past tense of "wake" with "up" to go along with it. calimary Mar 2023 #1

To me, it's still just the opposite of asleep. Leadbelly might have... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #2

calimary

(81,508 posts)

1. To me it's still just the past tense of "wake" with "up" to go along with it.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 04:26 AM

Mar 2023

I wake up.

I woke up.

Sometimes I have woken up (although in this example, "sometimes I have awakened" is probably more correct.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. To me, it's still just the opposite of asleep. Leadbelly might have...

Reply to calimary (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 07:41 AM

Mar 2023

thought so, too.

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