- Why do so many people pronounce "ask" as "aks" and am I the only ...
The term "aks" or "ax" eg; axing you a Q. Is derived from street slang terminology related to ebonics in low income area's within the US, namely New York and Southern California, which are just two of the most prominant. Usually ...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/98004
- Why do lots of black people say "aks" instead of "ask"? - Yahoo ...
26 Aug 2007 ... Actually "aks" comes from middle English and "ask" is modern English. Consider that the majority of slave plantations were owned by Americans with British roots and that explains it. "aks" was still widely used in England ...
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070828035845AA7srv3
- Ask vs. Aks / Ax - Photoethnography.com
6 Mar 2008 ... During the talk, I discussed the language politics behind the pronunciation of the word "ask" in spoken American English. The contemporary African American Vernacular English pronunciation of "ask" as "aks" or "ax" is often ...
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/archives/2008/03/ask-vs-aks-ax.html
- The O.E.D. on "Conversate" and "Aks" versus "Ask" - The Hackensack
8 Jan 2009 ... At the beginning of this conversation you pronounced the word "ask" as "aks." This is something that people often object to. People say it's the wrong pronunciation, and it's stupid. But if you look at the history of the English ...
http://thehackensack.blogspot.com/2009/01/oed-on-conversate-and-aks-versus-ask..
- ax - ask - The Mavens' Word of the Day
16 Dec 1999 ... There is a guy in my office who has a heavy southern accent and he says "ax" instead of "ask". When questioned he claims it's a regional pronunciation ( Mississippi area), but I don't understand this since it sounds to me more ...
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991216
- Urban Dictionary: aks
Aks is a common way to pronounce "ask." Etymologically, the word ask is derived from the Old English word for "ask". The Old English term had two forms, acsian and ascian, the former being the literary standard until about 1600 when the ...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aks
- pronunciation - Why is "ask" sometimes pronounced "aks"? - English ...
10 Feb 2011 ... We've recently moved from New Zealand to New York City, and have noticed that many people (most of whom have good English) pronounce "ask" as "aks". For example: Could you please go aks her tomorrow? Sure, I'll ax ...
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/12074/why-is-ask-sometimes-pronounc..
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- ask, pronounced “ax” or “aks” « GrammarErrors.com
8 Jan 2010 ... For some individuals, the word ask poses a problem. You may have heard sentences such as, “May I ax you a question?” Of course, the speaker intends to say ask, but the s and k sounds are transposed so that it sounds like ...
http://www.grammarerrors.com/pronunciation/ask-pronounced-axaks/
- LINGUIST List 7.1048: /aks/ and /akst/ in AAVE
19 Jul 1996 ... David Pesetsky, a linguist at MIT, told me about a computer listserve called the Linguist List, and I posted the following question there: My question is about the African American use of /aks/ and /akst/ for "ask" and "asked.
http://linguistlist.org/issues/7/7-1048.html
