Or how about Asked? Why is it then, that many people pronounce it as if they were talking about a battle axe. "I aksed him", "Let me aks you something", and so forth. Is it really that hard to pronounce Ask?
2006-12-05 01:21:12 · 11 answers · asked by Enterrador 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I find it strange that the only people to answer this question so far are white. I my self do not like when people pronounce it "ax" I feel it is lazy and separates people. Language can bring us together or it can drive us apart. The urban ghetto method of pronunciation maybe cool in that world. But it separates them from advancing in the modern world.
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2006-12-05 03:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's difficult at all. The only words that I have trouble with are ones that are spelled the same in English and French because I never know which way to say them.
I remember watching Dr. Phil one day and one of the guests was mispronouncing the word ask. Dr. Phil kept on repeating it back to them trying to teach them how to properly pronounce it. It didn't work... he eventually gave up. I found it pretty funny though.
2006-12-05 02:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've thought about this. It's not that it is HARD to pronounce it, but a lot of black people just grew up hearing their dumb parents say it that way, and it's almost like an accent to them- hard to drop.
One of the most glaring examples is in Ice Cube's song "It was a Good Day"- he "axes" his friends (the poor fellows) at "what time, are they playin' bASKetball"- so, he CAN say the word ask in basketball, but sees the word ask as properly pronounced AXE.
2006-12-05 01:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I can say ask, I just can't say conscience, conscious or unconscious, or conscientious, etc. People are just trying to be cool by saying aks....or else they're watching too much Futurama.
BTW- we were always taught in school that the first R in February is silent. Damn redneck teachers.
2006-12-05 01:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just mispronunciation plain and simple. Usually done by people who are ACTING plain and simple.
Anyone who's attended any kind of school or been taught to speak properly can handle it...
I mean really...how hard is it to say ask, for god's sake.
It's kinda like that deaf and death thing...I have an in-law that I want to strangle every so often because he says death for deaf. Ignoramus.
2006-12-05 02:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by iguana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No problem at all.
I was raised to pronounce words properly - that's the difference !
2006-12-05 02:44:31 · answer #6 · answered by jarhed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure laziness.
The same reason why most people I've met leave out the "r" in February.
And pronounce "Wednesday" as "Wenz-day".
2006-12-05 01:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Did you see the Everybody Loves Raymond episode where he mispronounced it doing that TV show...? Funny, I don't know.
Sounds ignorant to me!!!
2006-12-05 01:43:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it isn't. They were just never taught the proper way to say the word.
2006-12-05 01:23:23 · answer #9 · answered by ncc742 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My nephew couldn't pronounce it when he was young, it sounded like assed. Hehe
2006-12-05 01:22:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋