ASK or AX a question?

Question

I have noticed that ASK is replaced by a sound of AXX by many afro-carabbean folks, I have often wondered why this is?

INTERNET POST :- I find your answer totally OUT OF ORDER!!!

And pray that non of the guys on this spot judge us all as biggoted as you!!!

Answer 1

Wow - this is really scary! I can't believe what dreadful answers you've got - people should be ashamed! Have you noticed that Irish people say "t" instead of "th" and Bristol people put "l" on the end of all sorts of words and you can barely understand some older people who don't live in the same part of the country as you do? This is about accents, about the way you speak defining who you area, about variety being the spice of life, and about not all being clones of some "well spoken" middle class white twit. It's nothing to do with IQ or laziness or ignorance. Seems to me that the lazy ignorant low IQ-ers are those who accuse others of this for being a bit different. Cut some slack everyone.

Answer 2

First off... many of the people who answered this question automatically think its about race. Living in southern California, I have seen MANY different races mispronounce this word.

It is often a sign of an ignorant child not being corrected of his/her speech at home. THAT'S ALL! If the parent either chooses not to correct them, or does not have the knowledge to correct them, it will stick with the child and become normal speech.

Answer 3

I agree with Sabi - I can't believe some of the ignorant comments made in some of the answers.
And as for the "likelihood of meeting an intelligent negro...."!
Where does that guy live? He obviously hasn't met that many people.
Pronunciation is all to do with accents/languages/dialects.

Answer 4

Ebonics? why I don't know, but we all have different ways of saying things. My mom works with some black women who say things funny, but they'll ASK my mom the right way to say them. Maybe it has to do with their upbringing. WAY back when there wasn't an education for blacks, they learned to speak and such as best they could, and it has just carried on through the generations.

Answer 5

First of all, an AXE is what you chop wood with -- and ASK is to put forth a question -- and yes, it is because people do not know how to spell anymore and there are ads with similar sounding products, so folks think this is the way to spell the term (and it really isn't!).

Answer 6

It is amazing how some sound like they came off a boat. When in reality they live next door, share the same schools, and have lived here their whole lives! Enunciate people and get those lips going. No one wants to hear mumbling made up words!

Answer 7

It's an element of a nonstandard dialect. You can't really explain it, except to say that the "sk" sound isn't common among African and Carribbean languages and therefore wasn't fully integrated during English's development among their native speakers.

Answer 8

Negro's speak this way because on average, the negro IQ is in the lower to mid 80's. This explains much about the negro population. Basically, the chances of winning the lottery are better for you than meeting an intelligent negro. In fact, the odds of meeting an negro genius are so low that it rivals that of the odds of the Official 911 Commission report being true. In short, the chances of meeting an intelligent negro in your lifetime are slim to none.

Answer 9

its a lazy way the colored people choose to speak...just like the rest of their miserable lives...lazy
it is a colored thing...no matter what you say...they also do want to be segregated but are too lazy to pay their own ways so they continue to feed off white people worldwide

Answer 10

I noticed that you said Afro-Carribean folks.
Hmmm, could it be thier ACCENT?