does anybody know why a lot of African-American people pronounce "ask" as "axe" - e.g. "Let me axe you somefin." ??
-Ben > Words and usages that get to me... > > 1. Supposably (brought to light in an episode of Friends a few years ago) > 2. Whenever (not the traditional usage, mind: "...no rush, whenever you get > around to it...", but the less traditional and becoming far more commonplace > (I fear): "Whenever I was a boy back in Kansas, we used to..." to which I > must respond, "as opposed to whenever you were a girl?" Grrrr... > > will > ---- > > William H. Bowen > Webmaster > ALSTOM's Energy Management & Markets Business > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.esca.com/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Stanford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:43 AM > Subject: Words... > > > > Hmmm I will not say who in my wives family but > > > > one of them says Home De Pot... and Cucumbers for Coupons. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Christine Lawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:26 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > > > > > > > OT: We actually have a fun family game where we keep track of > > > the words my father uses in place of actual words, some of my > > > favorites are "Asparagrass", "Charles Swab", "Baltamic > > > Vinegar". He's 68 so I no longer bother with correcting him. > > > Besides, it's pretty funny :) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:17 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > > > > > > > I have a hard time pronouncing words like that as well. It is > > > all about > > > dialect not intelligence. > > > > > > Some people associate a different dialect with poor intelligence. > > > > > > Just like saying Warsh, which I do a lot. And sometime I say nucular > > > when I mean nuclear, it isn't saying that I am stupid, it is just the > > > way people around me spoke when I was growing up, I still know how to > > > spell the word, and what it means. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > > > > what do you expect from someone who cannot say nuclear. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
