[Marcia]

The oddities of English spelling and the variations in regional accents, notwithstanding, it is difficult for me to see how ‘ax’ could ever, in any way, be a correct pronunciation of a word that is spelled ‘ask.’ You can carry on all you want about ethnic this and racist that, but it seems to me that when you attempt to legitimize pronunciations and usages that are clearly incorrect, all that you accomplish is to hold people back. The vernacular may be acceptable in the family or the home community, but people must learn standard English to survive in this economy. As a professional, I would never hire anyone in my office as either a professional or a secretary or a receptionist (ie, anyone who deals with clients) who couldn’t speak properly. By the way, Jimmy Carter pronounces nuclear ‘nucular.’ Every time he opens his mouth and does it, he manages to sound like an idiot, too. Like it or not, there are rules about what constitutes proper pronunciation, spelling, grammar and punctuation. Learn them or get left behind.

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Name : Marcia, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, 

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