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The question could as easily be reversed. Why do we say ‘asked’ instead of ‘aksed’? This is one of those quirks of language standardization; ‘asked’ stuck. It’s not a mispronunciation, it’s a variant pronunciation which was once perfectly acceptable and, depending on where you were, standard. We also say ‘taxed’ instead of ‘tasked,’ but the meaning is the same and the origin is identical. It’s just a question of what maintained itself in print, and therefore became standard. As to ‘hisself,’ this is truly the more logical word. We say ‘HERself’ and ‘MYself,’ so it follows logically that we should say ‘HISself.’ Because English is zany like that, we don’t. But it’s one of many instances where the nonstandard usage makes more sense. The real point here is that standardization has been, in many ways, arbitrary, and that dialect often reflects original usage or logical usage.

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Name : Kathryn26640, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Unitarian, City : Roanoke, State : VA, Country : United States, 

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