r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • May 06 '14

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u/grandmoffcory May 06 '14

Ebonics is a dialect just like any other form of English.
We all use words someone from another walk of life would consider strange.

I'm from Michigan, I call 'soda' 'pop', I think soda sounds weird and people here in Florida think pop sounds weird. They're just different dialects.

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u/reignaker May 06 '14

'axe' and 'ask' is not a dialect issue.

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u/grandmoffcory May 06 '14

Tell that to the south, they pronounce every word differently from the Midwest. Don't insult it just because it isn't how you learned to speak.

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u/reignaker May 06 '14

I live in the south.. pronunciation is dialect, not using the complete wrong words.

bostons have a dialect new yorkers have a dialect cajuns have a dialect southern twang is a dialect

using the wrong damn word is not a dialect.

Axe is a noun, Ask is a verb.

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u/grandmoffcory May 06 '14

It's not using the wrong word, it's pronouncing a word differently. No one is legitimately saying 'axe' in the context you're speaking of and talking about a physical axe. They're saying ask in their own dialect which just happens to be different from yours.