[David25856]

It is not that African Americans cannot ‘properly’ pronounce English words; it has more to do with African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In AAVE, the proper way to use words that end in “th” is to pronounce it like an f. The ‘mispronounced’ axe for ask is also AAVE. A good book about varieties of English and sociolinguistics is ‘Sociolinguistics and Language Learning by Sandra Lee Mckay and Nancy H. Hornberger.

Also if you have a chance to take some more college classes, I highly recommend taking a class in sociolinguistics because it may help answer some more of your questions about why people speak the way they do. I found it really interesting, too.

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Name : David25856, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 28, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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