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As much as I'm a prescriptivist, the particular case of "aks" has just as much historical correctness as "ask" in English. The only place that "ask" wins is whe
by o11c 2y ago
As much as I'm a prescriptivist, the particular case of "aks" has just as much historical correctness as "ask" in English. The only place that "ask" wins is when comparing similar words in Continental languages.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoReally? Source?
- ohmyiv 2y agoHere you go. https://youtu.be/3nysHgnXx-o https://youtu.be/3nysHgnXx-o
- ahazred8ta 2y ago"Chaucer used ask, ax, and axe interchangeably." but ask was the original form: "From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic aiskōn" -- wictionary