Why does Floyd always say "aks" instead of "ask"?

[El Castigador]

Then state it that way. There's no need to post erroneous
etymology to try and justify what is CLEARLY mispronunciation.

The word is spelled "ask".
Anyone who can read/write that fucker can see just HOW clear the mispronunciation is.

h.

Its just like Birfday and Birthday.

Or when I say Prolly instead of Probably.

Its just the way he talks.

Might be a Mivhigan ALOT of people say those words like that.

[El Jesus]

its not slang or hip hop talk. lots of black people just cant pronounce it properly idk why. english black people say it aswell ive got a few mates who say "aks" its really annoyin

im a black man from the west coast and while english wasnt my first language, people in my area of california dont use that vernacular, i have known lots of non blacks to say it like that as well.

[Tuavale]

Birfday? Good heavens... as in Teef?
Or Mayweafer??

Fuck that ****.

Yeah, teef, forgot about that one.

[lefthook2daliva]

Curiously enough, it's an older pronunciation of the word "ask" which comes from the word "acsian".

Did a little Googlin' my own self and found this at englishforum dot com:

"Furthermore, from what I have read, it is not at all clear whether "ascian" came first or whether "acsian" did. Has new scholarship actually identified which was first?"

Checking the etymology in AHD, they say both forms are from the reconstructed Germanic *aisko^n, which in turn is from Proto-Indo-European ais-sk-, from a root ais- 'to wish, desire'. I take it from this that in West Germanic the -ks- version developed from the -sk- version, as indeed one would expect, yes? (It seems less conceivable that a -ks- could become a -sk-.)

[horge]

Its just like Birfday and Birthday.

Or when I say Prolly instead of Probably.

Its just the way he talks.

Might be a Mivhigan ALOT of people say those words like that.

Prolly is a contraction, not a phonetic reversal of consonants.

As I said earlier:
If Floyd can read/write (check) , AND avoid saying "Mayweafer" (check)...

...but hey, I don't really care. As long as we can understand what's
said. I was simply agitated by the false etymology posted in support
of "aks", and the number of good people misled by it.

[nomadman]

You're just as mistaken as Floyd.
The root words are Frisian/Old English ascian
and from protoGremanic askojian.
Neither can be confused as pronouncable as "aks".

Perhaps you're right. But from my knowledge of the word it originally came from aksian or axian. I'm far from an expert on the subject, so if I am mistaken, then it was (as you say) an honest mistake.

[daheadache]

Guys, he's not saying "aks", he's saying "axe". You know Money always likes to br fresh and clean... Sheesh.

[Khalid X]

Almost all blacks do that. Im black and the only reason I don't say that and pronounce it correctly is because I did a lot of public speaking and worked alot on my pronunciation of words.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i dont understand why the TS is even aksing this question

[J.R]

Thing is wazaa, knows exactly what he is talking about, this is a sly dig at black people.

Wanker.