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The word 'ask' is a derivative of the word 'axe' which dates back to the 1500's where 'axe' was used in old Germanic English, who were the original creators of the English language. This of course means that the English language was the language of north Germany, not the language of Great Britain as we otherwise think it is today.
The pronunciation of the word 'ask' to be pronounced as 'axe' was given Royal approval in the 1500's after Germanic English had been adopted in Great Britain as north Germans plundered westward from Germany, eventually arriving in what's known as Britain today and beginning settlement of the area.
When people of England and other places in Europe fled Great Britain with U-Haul trailers in tow and showed up on the shores of North America during the 1700's, they brought with them certain elements of Germanic English, one of which was the official pronunciation of the word 'ask' which is still being pronounced in America as 'axe' to this very day.
As with the word 'colour' which is spelled with a 'u' in Britain, those New World Americans dropped the letter 'u' in protest of the King of England who they were fleeing at the time, thereby creating America's own version of Germanic English which includes words now spelled as 'color' instead of 'colour' and 'ask' instead of the British pronunciation of 'axe'.
The word 'axe' however, has become an African-American slang for the word 'ask' which originally started as a Black folks protest against White folks during the British/American Slave Trade.
The pronunciation of the word 'ask' to be pronounced as 'axe' was given Royal approval in the 1500's after Germanic English had been adopted in Great Britain as north Germans plundered westward from Germany, eventually arriving in what's known as Britain today and beginning settlement of the area.
When people of England and other places in Europe fled Great Britain with U-Haul trailers in tow and showed up on the shores of North America during the 1700's, they brought with them certain elements of Germanic English, one of which was the official pronunciation of the word 'ask' which is still being pronounced in America as 'axe' to this very day.
As with the word 'colour' which is spelled with a 'u' in Britain, those New World Americans dropped the letter 'u' in protest of the King of England who they were fleeing at the time, thereby creating America's own version of Germanic English which includes words now spelled as 'color' instead of 'colour' and 'ask' instead of the British pronunciation of 'axe'.
The word 'axe' however, has become an African-American slang for the word 'ask' which originally started as a Black folks protest against White folks during the British/American Slave Trade.
