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EXPLANATION OF ENDING: ‘Asked’ is so often pronounced exactly like ‘assed’/‘arsed’ that the KZfaq automatic captioner can't tell them apart: it sometimes writes ‘asked’ when the speaker intended ‘assed’ or ‘arsed’! I could have made this clearer 🤷🏼♂️
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An exploration of the form 'aks' in various dialects, through history in and across the world.
0:00 Introduction
0:44 'Aks' in Old English
1:30 'Aks' in Middle English
1:57 'Aks' in the Bible
2:44 'Aks' in the Shetland Islands
3:44 'Aks' in Jamaica & MLE
5:28 'Aks' in the USA & AAVE
6:10 Stereotyping & prejudice
7:50 'Ask' pronounced as 'ass' & 'arse'!
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