Wednesday 24 July 2013

" un peu bloke" heard on French TV

Bloke must be a word not often used to describe men now. In bookselling there was a " Book of blokes" illustrated by William Nicholson which I remember was published around 1903. So the word has been around some time. I know I use blokes when I talk of  the working class man and chaps when I talk of middle or  upper class. The description " un peu bloke"used in the context "a bit manly" seems unusual. Few European countries guard their linguistic heritage  as do the French so it seems an odd one to slip in.
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