They dont say ask, they say aks, why is that? Do they do it bc of how it sounds or what? Even grown people i know say aks so im not sure if its something younger people say. I dont mean to offend anyone, im just curious.
2007-12-12 02:46:23 · 11 answers · asked by Felliph3 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yeah, I found that quite a lot of people say 'aks' when trying to say ask. Most of the time, it sounds genuine... like, they arent doing it for slang or just for the heck of it. I know some rappers, such as Fabolous, say aks as well.
For a short time, I thought it had to do with ebonics or gangsta-lingo or something, haha. But since then, I frequently heard 'aks' from all types and kinds of people. I knew a nerdy Pakistani kid at my school who said aks.
But I think overall, there's no clear-cut reason for saying aks instead of ask. Pronounciations can be affected by many things, such as one's native tongue, or the depth of one's voice, mouth structure, etc. Some people pronounce Rs with Ws... or Rs with Ls... for me, I dont actually have lisp, but I slur my Ss a bit... etc.
2007-12-12 03:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by DSC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aks Slang
2017-01-09 16:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was very young in the 1950s, our Jamaican neighbours all said aks. Perhaps it is just difficult to say if you are not Anglo-Saxon (we have a number of strange juxtapositions of consonants). My Irish neighbours call the local school St Anslem's, instead of Ans-elm, for the same reason.
2007-12-12 02:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by derfini 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
it is just a habit for many i suppose.my stepdaughter who is white by the way has speech problems that she learned from her moms family.they are quite illiterate and sound like the Beverly hillbillies.when she was around her dad and i we worked on her speech.without help people, all people will develop certain speech patterns.it is part of the breeding and environment.kind of like little kids who say pasghetti instead of spaghetti.my mom used to say " he has his tongue wrapped around his eye teeth and cant see a word he is saying!" its goofy i know she had a lot of strange sayings like that!merry Christmas!
2007-12-12 03:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by dixie58 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because dialects are worn like badges of identity. Why do lots of kids say 'a'righ?' for 'alright'? Why does anyone cling to any idiosyncracy of the area or class they were brought up in? Because it marks them out as belonging to one group and NOT belonging to another. It has nothing to do with laziness. Black culture is highly verbally inventive, so accusations of laziness are just plain dumb-*** bone idle thinking.
2007-12-12 05:30:05 · answer #5 · answered by vilgessuola 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Thats not offensive atole ive heard this and am curious myself ill keep my eye on this for answer star.
2007-12-12 02:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've always wondered why some people think ignorance is a virtue.
2007-12-12 02:55:49 · answer #7 · answered by Voice of Reason 5 · 8⤊ 1⤋
I always thought it was "Axe" like "I don't know, lemme axe him" According to Futurama it's common and socially acceptable to Axe someone a question.
2007-12-12 02:56:18 · answer #8 · answered by fodaddy19 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because it's easier. Many aspects of the Black dialect reflect laziness, as politically incorrect as it may be to state this. Such as dropping the "s" in possessives, such as referring to "my baby Daddy".
2007-12-12 02:54:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
It makes failing in school easier.
2007-12-12 03:22:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋