pronounce the word "iron," pronounce it like it's spelled, and then shut the fuck up

metathesis ftw

5/31/2008 2:12:59 PM

ok?

5/31/2008 2:13:26 PM

i need to ax you a question about my checkings account

5/31/2008 2:13:30 PM

but aks isn't pronounced like "ask"...?

5/31/2008 2:15:01 PM

we're talking about black people here

5/31/2008 2:16:15 PM

some people say "aks" instead of "ask"

other people complain that those people can't speak english correctly

but the people who complain very often pronounce "iron" as "iorn"

which is the same mistake

SO SHUT THE FUCK UP

5/31/2008 2:16:32 PM

i think the proper pronunciation for iron is the the "I-iorn" sound

the proper pronunciation for ask is not "aks"

from dictionary.com: iron - [ahy-ern] ask - ahsk

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 2:21 PM. Reason : asdf]

5/31/2008 2:19:57 PM

By the year 3000, it'll already have been officially changed

5/31/2008 2:21:52 PM

it's an arbitrary movement from old english in opposite directions

they're both correct from an etymology standpoint

anyway

i'm just sayin'

5/31/2008 2:24:16 PM

Sounds like you need to find something better to do with your time on Saturday.

5/31/2008 2:25:39 PM

i'm at work

and i did it all already

hmph

5/31/2008 2:27:38 PM

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

5/31/2008 2:28:00 PM

Everyone who took the History of the English Language should know all about this.

In a way, I feel like people who complain about aks instead of ask because it shows a lack of education are really the ignorant ones.

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991216

5/31/2008 2:31:26 PM

^ exactly

5/31/2008 2:31:44 PM

Quote :

"some people say "aks" instead of "ask" other people complain that those people can't speak english correctly but the people who complain very often pronounce "iron" as "iorn" which is the same mistake SO SHUT THE FUCK UP"

You don't know what you are talking about.

Quote :

"i·ron [ahy-ern] "

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 3:39 PM. Reason : a]

5/31/2008 3:38:57 PM

Quote :

"Everyone who took the History of the English Language should know all about this. In a way, I feel like people who complain about aks instead of ask because it shows a lack of education are really the ignorant ones. http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991216"

There are a lot of ancient pronunciations from old and middle English that would annoy me if people used today.

5/31/2008 3:50:20 PM

F-R-E-E

that spells free

5/31/2008 4:08:04 PM

S-U-C-C-E-E-S

That's the way you spell "success"!

/Simpsons

5/31/2008 4:09:13 PM

R-O-L-A-I-D-S

Spells "relief"

5/31/2008 4:15:34 PM

well now that I know they're interchangeable, I'm going to go chop wood with my ask

5/31/2008 5:30:03 PM

hwat?

5/31/2008 8:13:17 PM

It's like the same as saying "teh" out loud.

5/31/2008 8:41:08 PM

F - R - E - E

THAT SPELLS FREE CREDIT REPORT DOT COM BABY

5/31/2008 8:46:51 PM

bee aay enn bee aay enn aay annas

5/31/2008 8:47:53 PM

I-N-D-E-P-D-E-N-T

Do you know what that means?

5/31/2008 8:52:58 PM

lol.

I'm sure the people saying Aks are thinking back to their old english roots or whatever

5/31/2008 8:55:16 PM

But aks is what the rappers say.

5/31/2008 9:00:55 PM

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Find out what it means to me.

5/31/2008 9:01:31 PM

just a little bit

5/31/2008 9:01:55 PM

AXE ME ABOUT HOW IRON THIS SHIT.


[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 9:03 PM. Reason : l]

5/31/2008 9:03:01 PM

Quote :

"It's like the same as saying "teh" out loud."

I've done this.

5/31/2008 9:06:15 PM

HOW DO I PRONOUNCED ASK

5/31/2008 9:06:36 PM

iron is a terrible analogy

ironically enough, the people who say aks, also say io-ren..

5/31/2008 9:10:53 PM

Now instead of lookin' fly and rollin' phat,
my legs are sticking to the vinyl and my posse's getting laughed at.

5/31/2008 9:17:29 PM

I consider people who say /aks/ and /warshington/ typically uneducated. They're making shit up. Yes, it may have roots in old english, but weeds have roots too.

5/31/2008 9:46:55 PM

it all boils down to what society at large has accepted as the proper pronunciation
any variation will be treated with skeptisism from the elite


meaning its not about whats proper for the most people, its whats passed on

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 10:04 PM. Reason : .]

5/31/2008 10:00:59 PM

Vaginya

5/31/2008 10:01:47 PM

LOL by the elite? A majority of people use the word axe when referring to the common tool used to chop wood and ask when referring to a method for inquiry. The margins use /ax/ when referring to the method for inquiry, even though it has seeped into pop culture.

Or maybe this is my experience.

5/31/2008 10:08:50 PM

http://www.amazon.com/African-American-Guide-Better-English/dp/0963932926

ahaha

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 10:12 PM. Reason : &]

5/31/2008 10:10:49 PM

so if certain people pronounced "Flask" as "Flaks" and the "elite" found that retarded, it would just be another case of the elite being pompous skeptics with no basis?

5/31/2008 10:23:11 PM

It's okay guise!

We can all juts take our cras and drive out of here and ebstalish our own country with our own dialeks.

5/31/2008 10:25:40 PM

the stupidity it must have taken to start this thread makes my brain hurt

5/31/2008 10:57:52 PM

this is one faggot ass thread, g.

5/31/2008 10:59:07 PM

^^^^well the fact that even the supposedly learned people have to research the real pronunciation of the word "ask" back to old english renders the common man virtually helpless in knowing how every word is supposed to be pronounced
therefore the masses are not generally led by whats proper but by what is accepted by the whole and the elite can have an great influence in this by declaring whats proper
the problem is they can do this for everything, so they have their drive by attacks on certain words that also have secondary political implications
in this case ask/axe ambiguity mirrors a larger conflict between the educated and ingnorant, or north and south

[Edited on May 31, 2008 at 11:00 PM. Reason : .]

5/31/2008 10:59:46 PM

Quote :

"it all boils down to what society at large has accepted as the proper pronunciation any variation will be treated with skeptisism from the elite meaning its not about whats proper for the most people, its whats passed on "

This may be true, but the whole ask/aks thing is because black people often say it aks (which is mostly due to how black-American culture developed from slave days to now), and white people like to find as many reasons to bitch about blacks as possible.

5/31/2008 11:47:24 PM

bitching about mispronounced words is now wrong?

5/31/2008 11:48:35 PM

^^i thinks thats exactly what i said in ^^^

and i dont agree with ^, people have a right to maintain their culture i think but the whole black/white issue doesnt apply cause african americans can basically choose however they want to form their culture i think....within reason

5/31/2008 11:54:09 PM

^ i didn't and still haven't read your post, but i'll take your word for it

5/31/2008 11:54:58 PM

whats the difference? you know what the person means.

5/31/2008 11:55:56 PM

Quote :

"we're talking about black people here"

????????? ??????????

5/31/2008 11:56:05 PM