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Old 02-11-2022, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Packer Fan View Post
Possibly the worst mispronunciation in the English Langauge-
"I need to Axe you a question". There is not faster way to sound
uneducated than that. It isn't even close to Ask.

Sumter with a P is pretty common though, and being a Name rather than an actual standard word it is not really surprising.
My mother's maiden name was SUMPTER. Great Great grandfather was from South Carolina and a member of the Cherokee Tribe.

I think a lot of words like axe instead of ask is referred to as Ebonics.