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Just Axe-Ing A Question....?
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Has anyone else noticed the growing phenomenon of people who seem unable to pronounce the word "ask"? They instead say, "Ax".
I noticed it a couple of years back in songs, (often by the young black American community) where it happens "Ax me a question...." Then I notice an increase of youngsters, often in Essex, who are doing the same, so clearly not limited to the US black community. I also notice that Lauren "Face Bovvered" does it too. Why?
Where did it start? Is it new, or did I only just notice?! Can they not actually pronounce "ask" or are they doing it intentionally? Or do they really think that's how it's pronounced?
Just axe-ing!
I noticed it a couple of years back in songs, (often by the young black American community) where it happens "Ax me a question...." Then I notice an increase of youngsters, often in Essex, who are doing the same, so clearly not limited to the US black community. I also notice that Lauren "Face Bovvered" does it too. Why?
Where did it start? Is it new, or did I only just notice?! Can they not actually pronounce "ask" or are they doing it intentionally? Or do they really think that's how it's pronounced?
Just axe-ing!
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The way I have heard it pronounced in the UK is "arks" with an English pronunciation and some Americans pronounce it as "ax" but either way, it has a long history.
The first complete printed English translation of the Bible in 1535 uses "axe" instead of "ask."
It's not an incorrect pronunciation, it's a different, non-standard pronunciation.
The first complete printed English translation of the Bible in 1535 uses "axe" instead of "ask."
It's not an incorrect pronunciation, it's a different, non-standard pronunciation.
// Picking fault wiff the underedjumecated is non pc.//
yeah hand-orf da skool kidz ! day dont need no education!
you will be ridiculing the style and content of AB threads next
it is called metathesis (*) - exchange of two letters [do a Churchill V sign and twizzle it]. Modern Egyptians say 'kilopatra' instead of 'Cleopatra'. as two consonants and two vowels together CCVV (**) sounds less natural than CVCV. Arabic tends to have open and closed syllables ( CV and CVC only)
so I suppose the natural supplementary questions are
why metathesis and what metathesis here?
(*) wod dat den ? when tis at home!
(**) where C is consonant and V is vowel for slow readers on AB
oh ENglish you may wonder is basically CCCCVCCCC
just try playing a fixed-string violin
so we put as many consonants together as the unpronounceable polish and russian. but not often
yeah hand-orf da skool kidz ! day dont need no education!
you will be ridiculing the style and content of AB threads next
it is called metathesis (*) - exchange of two letters [do a Churchill V sign and twizzle it]. Modern Egyptians say 'kilopatra' instead of 'Cleopatra'. as two consonants and two vowels together CCVV (**) sounds less natural than CVCV. Arabic tends to have open and closed syllables ( CV and CVC only)
so I suppose the natural supplementary questions are
why metathesis and what metathesis here?
(*) wod dat den ? when tis at home!
(**) where C is consonant and V is vowel for slow readers on AB
oh ENglish you may wonder is basically CCCCVCCCC
just try playing a fixed-string violin
so we put as many consonants together as the unpronounceable polish and russian. but not often
// The first complete printed English translation of the Bible in 1535 uses "axe" instead of "ask." //
oh is that Miles Coverdale's - he was a fellow of my old college and um vicar of St Edward's ( cambridge - vicar appointed directly by da kween)
I heard it in 'murican and if is an old import to Amerikee
then it demonstrates the idea that as languages spread, the rate of mutation slows and older forms persist
( also shows language mutation cannot be DNA linked)
and the dialects further away from the centre are more uniform and preserve older terms)
( blimey can anyone see de saussure's diachronic linguistics galloping over the horizon? neigh ! )
oh is that Miles Coverdale's - he was a fellow of my old college and um vicar of St Edward's ( cambridge - vicar appointed directly by da kween)
I heard it in 'murican and if is an old import to Amerikee
then it demonstrates the idea that as languages spread, the rate of mutation slows and older forms persist
( also shows language mutation cannot be DNA linked)
and the dialects further away from the centre are more uniform and preserve older terms)
( blimey can anyone see de saussure's diachronic linguistics galloping over the horizon? neigh ! )
why is there a /r/ in Bath the village in Somerset?
no the question is - - - why ISN'T there an /r/ in the Tyne city which should be called newcarstle?
post vocalic /r/ - westminster rand pimlico is GOOD
Africa rand australia is BAD ( should not be an /r/ but a glottal stop)
The beeb had a phase of "Aller riz great" which drove me CRAZY
intrusive post vocalic /r/ never occurs in arabic
on my prompting they went to al-ar-hoo
which was better
[ the hoo bit is a masculine nominative - or fatha on an ism in an ism-jumliya - try explaining THAT to the tree-huggers at the Beeb!]
look up rhotacism on wiki as well
no the question is - - - why ISN'T there an /r/ in the Tyne city which should be called newcarstle?
post vocalic /r/ - westminster rand pimlico is GOOD
Africa rand australia is BAD ( should not be an /r/ but a glottal stop)
The beeb had a phase of "Aller riz great" which drove me CRAZY
intrusive post vocalic /r/ never occurs in arabic
on my prompting they went to al-ar-hoo
which was better
[ the hoo bit is a masculine nominative - or fatha on an ism in an ism-jumliya - try explaining THAT to the tree-huggers at the Beeb!]
look up rhotacism on wiki as well
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