Does it bother you when people say "axe" instead of "ask"?

[Nerva]

hate it

 

[fjmeat]

FINSTA

"we finsta go to the mall for some ladies"

lol fixin' to has been replaced.

 

[SP33Demon]

I'm wit you, nah mean?

 

[foghorn67]

Yep. Hate it.

 

[Jeff7]

Nucyular.



Oh, and this poor guy: Noone. He's responsible for quite a lot of stuff.

 

[zinfamous]

no, not particularly.

what I do loathe, however, what really grinds my gears, is when some dickstain types "ya'll" instead of "y'all"

That is a far greater grammar tragedy. And even then, "axe" is a rather long-standing dialectical, and isn't really a grammar failure.

 

[BoomerD]

What about saying jewry instead of jewelry?

Go look it up in the liberry.

 

[soulcougher73]

Yes i hate it and i know what race they are instantly.

 

[Zedtom]

Some words just roll off the tongue easier when altered by American slang. My personal favorite is towels. I pronounce it, talz. When I hear tow-ulz, it sounds weird.

 

[Zeze]

Nawleens

 

[mattpegher]

Here in the NYC area, I hear it all the time. It really isnt more common is one ethnicity than any other (whites and blacks) but it does suggest a certain socioeconomic status and level of education. It does tend to prejudice me toward certain expectations regarding intelligence but it doesn't bother me.

 

[CZroe]

My wife says "fixin' " a lot, I can't stand that. Never really hear anyone say "Axe" but it does annoy me on tv shows or interviews, etc.

I can fix a car to take a trip and, in some situations, that is synonymous to preparing a car to take a trip, (assuming it needs to work in order to take the trip). Somehow, people started treating "fixing" as a direct synonym for "preparing," thus, "fixin' to" means "preparing to" in their minds.

"I'm fixin' a picnic basket full of goodies" = "I am preparing a picnic basket full of goodies."

It doesn't bother me at all.

Yes, when I hear someone use it, I don't take anything else they say seriously.

Exactly. Ebonics irritates me too.

It isn't ebonics, you racist. It's a real word that is closer to unperverted root word than "ask." That said, I say "ask."

 

[emilyek]

Your Google Fu is waning, my son. You must find inner peace, and realize that the word you seek is actually "Aks".

http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/archives/2008/03/ask-vs-aks-ax.html

(FYI: I think this is about the fifth time I've posted this link in response to why people use the term "aks".)

And yet, you never hear an old White Southerner say it (or any White person, really) without it being an obvious influence of ebonic speakers to begin with-- and presumably African-Americans learned their English from white people.

I wonder if African languages more commonly have "ax" sounds than "as" sounds-- sort of like Asians and "l-r" sounds.

Or perhaps they do it simply because it's easier to say axe than ask.

Ya know what I'm sayin?

Nomesane

 

[Patranus]

The unionization of public education has resulted in lax standards enforcement and little to no recourse from parents - the ones who actually care. Couple that with many parents who simply do not care and you end up with people saying "axe" instead of "ask".

 

[chusteczka]

Yes, it does bother me and as mentioned, I thereafter have little regard for the person's intellectual ability.

Where is the poll?

 

[FelixDeCat]

I do it all the time on purpose. It is an evolutionary process.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I say fixin all the time. I do talk like a country hick too though. I can't help it honestly. I dont intentionally do it. When I hear my own voice like an answering machine or something I go wtf that's really how I sound. I was born and raised in a small Texas town.

 

[sourceninja]

I'm also amazed how people can group up in the same area and get two completely different styles of speech and accents.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I've heard it used in uber cheesy horror movies....

 

[brandonb]

One of my employees (who is colored) was telling me a story about how when they were growing up, they started coming home from school and speaking ebonics at home.

Their dad pulled them aside and said they need to stop acting gangster. Because if they talk like that nobody in the real world will take them seriously. If you can't speak properly, people will think you are an idiot, and them (colored people) are not idiots. Needless to say more. She speaks perfect english and even went to college for journalism.

She also said she won't date men of her color though.

Take it for what you will. Maybe she is racist against her own kind?

 

[Lithium381]

it bothers me.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

One of my employees (who is colored) was telling me a story about how when they were growing up, they started coming home from school and speaking ebonics at home.

Their dad pulled them aside and said they need to stop acting gangster. Because if they talk like that nobody in the real world will take them seriously. If you can't speak properly, people will think you are an idiot, and them (colored people) are not idiots. Needless to say more. She speaks perfect english and even went to college for journalism.

She also said she won't date men of her color though.

Take it for what you will. Maybe she is racist against her own kind?

self-loather.
i know black people like that. they're generally much more educated and can't stand the ghetto culture that's so pervasive among blacks.

 

[classy]

I don't know why some black people pronounce ask as axe, but I'm pretty sure they are not doing it purposely to sound cool.

In all seriousness, I say axe. I don't know why. My wife's family is always teasing me about it. My one sister in a law will call the house just to say "hey I need to axe you something". I have tried to change it, but I have't been able to. I guess some things are just apart of our makeup.

 

[Aikouka]

And yet, you never hear an old White Southerner say it (or any White person, really) without it being an obvious influence of ebonic speakers to begin with-- and presumably African-Americans learned their English from white people.

I wonder if African languages more commonly have "ax" sounds than "as" sounds-- sort of like Asians and "l-r" sounds.

Although, you do hear a lot of southerners say some rather odd things. Sometimes I have to get them to clarify their sayings, because I have no idea what they're talking about... things about choking amphibians (toad strangler = heavy downpour) and such. Bunch of weirdos around here.

I actually wondered a lot about the whole "aks" thing because someone I interface with a bit at work uses it. I'm not sure the whole Asian vs. African thing really applies though. I don't think the people you see that use "aks" are anywhere close to being "fresh off the boat", but have probably been in the United States for quite a few generations. Although, considering an Asian person attempting to learn English as a second language, they tend to have trouble with 'r' given their language doesn't have that character (same with 'v', which they use 'b' for).

EDIT:

I guess some things are just apart of our makeup.

I assure you that you do not have an "aks gene." It's very hard to remove a learned behavior that has been solidified by years of use/repetition.

 

[Lithium381]

Possible answer?

holding down the man!!! why do they do this to themselves? if they're in the classroom or a professional environment, speak english.... in the streets, speak ebonics or whatever the hell that bastardization of the english language is