grammar is going out of fashion fast

     "What's K-Mart?" asked one British Internet commenter, after it was mentioned.

     Oxford, United Kingdom answered:  "Just wondered the same thing so I Googled it.  It's an American department store chain."


     U.K. press is full of royalty, lately:  Prince Harry going to marry Meghan Markle -- cascades of disapproval from Commenters in one paper, but vociferous as the criticism is, the impression is left that these people are in the minority.  (And probably a lot of them are up in arms about something -- 
every.  
day.)


     They don't like Ms. Markle because --

She's an American

She's an actress

She is divorced

She is -- one of her parents is black and one of her parents is white.

     Those are the four reasons I can perceive -- glean -- but maybe I don't understand it all.  One Comment said Ms. Markle is "not regal."

     A headline in The Guardian-UK asked the question, will Meghan Markle be sleeping beauty or the first 'woke' princess?  In that newspaper, the term "woke" garnered much more hyperventilating criticism than Prince Harry's fiancée -- lol.

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~~  I'm not a royalist.  But I think I'd even rather talk about the royals than with someone who talks about people being 'woke'.  Aaargh.


~~  FGS, use the words most of your readers understand.  The modern use of 'woke' is pretty meaningless to anyone over 30, perhaps even 20.

~~  Have you noticed that this word is largely written, not spoken?  Clearly it is howlingly embarrassing to say in public.


~~  Agreed.  At 42, my teeth clench whenever I read that 'woke' word in this context.  Grammar is going out of fashion fast.  

~~  I suspect if any of us asked a random selection of 1,000 people outside our nearest Tesco, what "woke" means, maybe 10 would know.  At best.
But then we aren't Americans.


~~  It is pathetic we are holding onto the Monarchy, and crowing about its renewal.  The House of Windsor needs the old political judo chop and sent on its way.  I am sure Meghan Markle is a breath of fresh air, but we don't need her.

~~  You may be right, but in a republic we could well have President Farage.

~~  Meghan must feel right at home with this lot, she's just gone from one form of showbiz to another.


~~  Check your privilege.

~~  And once I have ascertained that it is where I left it, then what?

~~  Thought the Royal Family were meant to be neutral on political issues.  Looks like thousands of years of protocol are being destroyed before my eyes.


~~  Errrr...  No, dear.  Only recently, have the royals been politically neutral.  

Before that, just a few hundred years ago, they were the rulers.  

Know nothing about British history.  

You should be ashamed.  

Of course, if you're a foreigner, you can be forgiven for this stupid mistake.  

If you count yourself a Brit, then that's just disgraceful.  

You should have your citizenship revoked.



~~  Thousands of years?  Not even one.

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