Did you know that experts believe that the innocent little nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosie is about the The Black Death or bubonic plague outbreak that killed more people than any other single pandemic in human history. Some 75–200 million people died as a result of this rosy rash and the bodies were usually burnt to ashes...ashes, we all fall down.
Did you know the term, which I really don't like btw, poor white trash was something started by slaves? In Harriet Beecher Stowe's book A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, there is a chapter called "Poor White Trash." At the time, the phrase was a political statement about the plantation system and how it caused poverty to both blacks and whites who worked the fields.
I think it is all excellent examples of how our language evolves and adapts. Just an observation.
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