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Old 02-11-2022, 11:01 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.


Axe is coming from aks. So, it's closer than you think.

The real disgrace is skreet. "I am going across the skreet to aks the neighbor a question."