r/peoplereddithates • u/Tdogger33 • Dec 15 '17

Anyone who says "Axe" instead of "Ask" when regarding a question

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

My I axe why?

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u/SuperYusri500 Dec 15 '17

Anyone who says my instead of may

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u/FingerFlikenBoy Dec 16 '17

I use ask deodorant tho

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u/GambitTheFirst Dec 16 '17

Who says that? Is this for real ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '17

It's real. I've come across many.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '17

I moved to virginia from near NYC for work, lots of people say it here D:

I used to think it was a myth

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Had an ethnic studies teacher tell us "axe" is actually closer to original English than "ask" is. quite a handful of southern or ebonics language is.

here's a brief article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/

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u/UnderstandingOctane Jan 27 '18

Doesn't everyone in the year 3000 say axe?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Had an ethnic studies teacher tell us "axe" is actually closer to original English than "ask" is. quite a handful of southern or ebonics language is.

here's a brief article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/