• @PrincessLeiasCat
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    1 month ago

    Very interesting YT clip from a linguist on exactly this. He traces its history and some origins go back quite a ways and lots come from the Black community, which should surprise no one.

    https://youtu.be/BFgg-Gy0E2g

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      The only thing I don’t like about linguistics coming from the Black community is saying “axe” instead of “ask”. God that triggers me.

      • @phlegmy
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        71 month ago

        Is that really something that came from the black community though? It was around before North America was colonised.

        • tiredofsametab
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          61 month ago

          Modern dialectal ax is as old as Old English acsian and was an accepted literary variant until c. 1600.

          https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=ask

          So older, yes, but also possibly a separate phenomenon unless certain people happened to still use that variant when enslaving people.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Not sure. It might not have originated from the black community but it definitely is being used more and more within it.

      • @PrincessLeiasCat
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        21 month ago

        Dammit, thank you - fixed. Appreciate you letting me know.