The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhich word do you dislike most?message-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down14
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareWhich word do you dislike most?The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoThat one I hear so much, I’m afraid it will become the new normal way of pronouncing ask. Definitely bugs me!
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoWell, it was an old way of pronouncing it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoOh wow! looks like it already has been considered correct, and ask is the new correct way.
Can I (aks) you something?
That one I hear so much, I’m afraid it will become the new normal way of pronouncing ask. Definitely bugs me!
Well, it was an old way of pronouncing it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/
Oh wow! looks like it already has been considered correct, and ask is the new correct way.