2006-11-26 06:10:37 · 17 answers · asked by simon b 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
dialect dear heart
2006-11-26 06:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew1968 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This saying goes way back, when Noah built his Ark, he had to Arks God before he did it!
2006-11-29 11:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by Nick c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Caribbean women I know always says axe instead of ask. A lot of Caribbean people do for some reason.
2006-11-29 14:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because they think it sounds cool. In reality it makes you sound like a subliterate imbicile. It's ask not ax. An ax is what anybody who listens to you wants to bury into your fat skull. And pull up your damn pants. If your mom still drives you to school you're not a "gangsta".
2006-11-26 20:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not "arks", it's "aks".
And it's not just black people. I've noticed when I've gone to cities in the northern U.S. that I hear people of all races say that.
I guess they just find it hard to pronounce.
2006-11-26 14:15:09 · answer #5 · answered by DontPanic 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what part of the country there from.With so many different accents and dialects,it is hard to distinguish what they are saying.
2006-11-29 04:25:36 · answer #6 · answered by nicky dakiamadnat600bugmunchsqig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wondered that to, Patrick in Eastenders always says aks and aksed, and I cant but help listen out for it now, which drives me nuts!
2006-11-26 16:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by floss 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree, it is a dialectical way of saying the word, but it's also very lazy and yes, uneducated.
2006-11-26 16:17:31 · answer #8 · answered by radhadharma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know nut it gets my goat too.
I think they are trying to be different but then they all end up talking the same.
2006-11-28 05:55:10 · answer #9 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol I have noticed this too! Little prenunciation problem i guess! Robert off X-Factor has the same problem! lol xx
2006-11-26 14:12:22 · answer #10 · answered by SARA H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋