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Axe v ask (Linguistic equality, episode 2)

Dialect Coach Erik Singer Aug 20, 2025 19:00
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So why is axe just as "correct" as ask? And what does the history of this single word have to teach us about how languages and dialects actually work, and where we get our ideas about "correctness" from anyway? What does any of this have to do with nucular and expresso? How would Alfred the Great have pronounced the word iPhone in his Wessex dialect of Old English? Watch for the answers to all of these questions and more! Like and subscribe for more toothsome and juicy accent and dialect content! #accents #dialects #blackamericanenglish #linguistics #linguisticequality #accentbias #linguisticdiscrimination
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