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ax verb Pronunciation of ask. [a form in continuous existence for over a thousand years; Anglo-Saxon had both acsian and ascian for "to ask"; EDD labels this form "in general dialect use in Scotland, Ireland, England" [in the 19th century]; DARE labels this pronunciation "now chiefly South, Midland" in the U.S.]
1883 Zeigler and Grosscup Heart of Alleghanies 60 I heered the dogs a-comin' and knowed without axin' thet the bar war afore 'em. 1897 Brown Dialect Survivals 139 Ax for ask is still common ... it has an unbroken history from Anglo-Saxon days down to the present time. The Anglo-Saxon verb is acsian and axian as well as ascian. 1939 Hall Coll (Tuckaleechee Cove TN) They axed him how he ever got away from there, axed him where he stayed all night. 1953 Atwood Verbs East US 5 In N.C. [ax] becomes much more common, reaching considerable concentrations in the western one fourth of [the state], where nearly all Type I informants use it. 1974 AOHP/ALC-728 They axed him, said, “well, you been here?” 2008 Rosie Hicks 6 Just abouts anything you ax him he could do.