Have you ever "axed" a question?

I’m a mod. I do it all the time. Seriously though, that particular pronunciation dates back to at least the time of Chaucer: “I axe, why the fyfte man Was nought housband to the Samaritan?”.

No, but I’ve wanted to “axe” the people that say it like that.

I’m probably evil that way. It’s a “proper English” thing, and I’m a language snob.

No I haven’t , and yes, I’ve heard it.

LoL – I used to live there.

Someone ax’d you something acrost the fence about doing the warshing?

I was always taught that the work ‘ask’ didn’t have an ‘x’ in the word.

The word you are refering to is aks. It is the way ask was pronounced hundreds of years ago. I’m sure you can google it.

Heeyyyy is this a joke? grrrr ;)

@Axemusica LOL

Interestingly enough, the Old English word “ascian” from which “ask” derives was sometimes written and pronounced “acsian”. It goes back farther than you think. :)

yep, i just did.

My SIL, who is Caucasian, says “ax” or “aks”. She is from New Orleans and that is how they say it there.

Too many times |:-\).

I’m from the south (in general—I grew up all over it) and I think that anywhere you get a strong accent, there is a tendency towards “axing”. I know in the New Orleans area, like Darwin said, many people “ax” (including the Cajun-French—think of the typical French accent and then say “ask” in it). To be honest, I’ve noticed it all across the south (North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama) and all across ethnic groups (black, white, cajun, you name it). I’ve also heard “ax” coming from a Boston accent.

So I think that’s just what “ask” sounds like when it encounters a strong accent.

And yes, I’ve “axed” a question. My mother just about threw a fit. She’s big on properly pronouncing things and thought it was verbally lazy.

I think she also didn’t want me to develop a strong southern accent. I’ve never really had one.

I don’t think it has anything to do with “ethnic” groups but more with the geography and speak of the peoples who live in a certain region.

Then there are those who confuse Calvary and Cavalry.

As far as I know, I’ve never used aks. I didn’t grow up around anyone who did, so it’s not something I would have picked up. I am truly thankful that I didn’t pick up on my dad’s way of saying warsh, warshed, or warshrag. No one else in his family says warsh, so I have no idea where he got that from. My family is from Indiana.

wtf, who cares…the dignity and character of a person is the only important thing!

Hahaha, no but I have axed a rubber dinghy! Yeh, I’ve got a couple of Jamaican friends who use that expression all the time.

Inner City Ghetto

But to properly phrase any question or statement one must add, “and shit”

>:O I’m tired of you people making fun of me. geeeeeez

lol I got jokes. ;P