That the word is spelled "ask" not "aks"
2006-06-21 05:00:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Sorry guys for sounding racist, actually I am not. You are right I should've wrote "Some Black Americans". Also, you guys gotta chill out a little sometimes you gotta laugh at things not get all up tight.
2006-06-23 03:29:51 · update #1
Because that's how their parents and friends and everyone else says it. It annoys me, too, but I don't judge. We still understand the word, after all.
2006-06-21 05:04:12 · answer #1 · answered by Samlet 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The asinine question you asked reveals your own lack of knowledge, experience, and education. Get out and experience more of the world, obtain an education (particularly in grammar, spelling, and English), and then share what you have learned.
I have an idea! Become a teacher in the inner city. How's that?
2006-06-21 14:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by Ancespiration 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am black and i always the spell the word ask like ask and if i did not know how to spell i would use spell check. i have never seen anyone spell ask like aks what are basing your question?
2006-06-21 15:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by Child Of God 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know many whites that say "aks." I don't think using that word is linked to race. I think it is linked to the way people speak in one area of the country, namely the East.
2006-06-21 12:09:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people in the south say they will mash a button? We in the north sat push a button. Maybe, it is a cultural thing. Why do people in Mass. put an r on the end of words ending in a vowel? Maybe it is a regional thing.
2006-06-21 12:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had the guts to say it to our face you would know that answer. But because your a coward you will most likely get racist answers. Stop instigating and get a life. PS. also stop stereotyping. People like you are pathetic.
2006-06-21 12:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by smart_twin06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All cultures are different. 'Aks' is not limited to one race. I am sure there are a lot of caucasian people who say it. I think you need to get out into the world and experince some different cultures.
2006-06-21 12:08:06 · answer #7 · answered by hockey_kisses 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that in Ebonics, it IS "aks". I'm told that it comes from the Anglification of Swahili. Could be true. I'm not a linguist.
2006-06-21 13:12:51 · answer #8 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people in the South say Y'all. Where is your correction of their grammar? You just hate Blacks and only have the guts to express your hatred on line anonymously. Coward.
2006-06-21 13:14:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next time when typing your question, remember to type "some" black americans. Don't lump the entire group together as if we're all alike.
2006-06-21 12:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by Enigma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how do you know that its black people that spells it that way? Maybe it was just a typo. That was a racist comment and you're an idiot.
2006-06-21 12:04:19 · answer #11 · answered by shaygirlie06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋