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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Ax instead of Ask
How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word
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[/nq] It's as simple as writing "is" for "it" in a sentence complaining about other people's errors.
- [/nq] It's as simple as writing "is" for "it" in a sentence complaining about other people's errors.
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[nq:1]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
It's as simple as writing "is" for "it" in a sentence complaining about other people's errors.
It's as simple as writing "is" for "it" in a sentence complaining about other people's errors.
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[nq:1]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
Not a mispronunciation. It's an alternative with a history going back at least as far as Chaucer.
Chris Green
Not a mispronunciation. It's an alternative with a history going back at least as far as Chaucer.
Chris Green
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[nq:1]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
How is it possible to mispronounce "brid" as "bird"?
How is is possible to mispronounce "an eute" as "newt"?
Both of these have been around for so long that we have even changed the spelling to match the mispronunciation.
These things happen.
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u)
How is it possible to mispronounce "brid" as "bird"?
How is is possible to mispronounce "an eute" as "newt"?
Both of these have been around for so long that we have even changed the spelling to match the mispronunciation.
These things happen.
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u)
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[nq:1]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
(My second reply to this question.)
Those who pronounce "ask" as "aks" (ax) are simply copying the way their friends, etc. pronounce the word.
Let's not forget that a person's first language is learnt in spoken form long before the person learns the artificial skills of reading and writing.
Peter Duncanson
U
(My second reply to this question.)
Those who pronounce "ask" as "aks" (ax) are simply copying the way their friends, etc. pronounce the word.
Let's not forget that a person's first language is learnt in spoken form long before the person learns the artificial skills of reading and writing.
Peter Duncanson
U
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[nq:2]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not a mispronunciation. It's an alternative with a history going back at least as far as Chaucer.[/nq]
Be that as it may, this mispronunciation is a clear indication of a poor upbringing. It should be avoided, even it Chaucer used it.
GFH
[nq:1]Not a mispronunciation. It's an alternative with a history going back at least as far as Chaucer.[/nq]
Be that as it may, this mispronunciation is a clear indication of a poor upbringing. It should be avoided, even it Chaucer used it.
GFH
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[nq:2]Not a mispronunciation. It's an alternative with a history going back at least as far as Chaucer.[/nq]
[nq:1]Be that as it may, this mispronunciation is a clear indication of a poor upbringing. It should be avoided, even it Chaucer used it.[/nq]
There are people who are bidialectal, or to be more precise, diglossic (that is, able to speak the standard dialect of a society equally flu
[nq:1]Be that as it may, this mispronunciation is a clear indication of a poor upbringing. It should be avoided, even it Chaucer used it.[/nq]
There are people who are bidialectal, or to be more precise, diglossic (that is, able to speak the standard dialect of a society equally flu
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[nq:1]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
Lots of English words are mispronounced. Compare the pronunciation of English vowels with vowels in other languages. "Boot" should be pronounced as "boat" is, as the same-spelled word is in German. And all those silent final "e"s should be pronounced. English is a mess.
Lots of English words are mispronounced. Compare the pronunciation of English vowels with vowels in other languages. "Boot" should be pronounced as "boat" is, as the same-spelled word is in German. And all those silent final "e"s should be pronounced. English is a mess.
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[nq:2]Not a mispronunciation. It's an alternative with a history going back at least as far as Chaucer.[/nq]
[nq:1]Be that as it may, this mispronunciation is a clear indication of a poor upbringing. It should be avoided, even it Chaucer used it.[/nq]
Yes. Although the original form was "ax", it was a tragic incident during the reign of King Henry Two that led to the mangled "ask" p
[nq:1]Be that as it may, this mispronunciation is a clear indication of a poor upbringing. It should be avoided, even it Chaucer used it.[/nq]
Yes. Although the original form was "ax", it was a tragic incident during the reign of King Henry Two that led to the mangled "ask" p
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[nq:2]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
[nq:1]Lots of English words are mispronounced. Compare the pronunciation of English vowels with vowels in other languages. "Boot" should be pronounced as "boat" is, as the same-spelled word is in German. And all those silent final "e"s should be pronounced. English is a mess.[/nq]
What I want to know is how a "*** asphodel"
[nq:1]Lots of English words are mispronounced. Compare the pronunciation of English vowels with vowels in other languages. "Boot" should be pronounced as "boat" is, as the same-spelled word is in German. And all those silent final "e"s should be pronounced. English is a mess.[/nq]
What I want to know is how a "*** asphodel"
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[nq:1]How is is possible to mispronounce such a simple word?[/nq]
There is a reasonably comprehensive answer to this at http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991216. I find it unconvincing, nonetheless. I'd say that any use of "Ax" by someone born in the UK in the last 30 years w
There is a reasonably comprehensive answer to this at http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991216. I find it unconvincing, nonetheless. I'd say that any use of "Ax" by someone born in the UK in the last 30 years w
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