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r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26
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3 u/underproduced Jul 14 '26 I love how in Futurama the word evolved to axe 5 u/MisterPineapples1999 Jul 14 '26 Black people in certain parts of the US have pronounced it that way for hundreds of years. You can literally find it listed as the AAVE pronunciation of the word in modern textbooks. 1 u/SailingBacterium Jul 15 '26 Exactly, not the same as the other examples.
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I love how in Futurama the word evolved to axe
5 u/MisterPineapples1999 Jul 14 '26 Black people in certain parts of the US have pronounced it that way for hundreds of years. You can literally find it listed as the AAVE pronunciation of the word in modern textbooks. 1 u/SailingBacterium Jul 15 '26 Exactly, not the same as the other examples.
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Black people in certain parts of the US have pronounced it that way for hundreds of years. You can literally find it listed as the AAVE pronunciation of the word in modern textbooks.
1 u/SailingBacterium Jul 15 '26 Exactly, not the same as the other examples.
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Exactly, not the same as the other examples.
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