What accent is the one in which people say AXED instead of asked?

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1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English

2. It varies regionally even within the dialect, but this is a common trait in African American Vernacular English (AAVE).

3. It’s mainly, but not exclusively, said by African Americans.

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5. 30th century New New York

6. My guess would be southern or country accents. Most of the people I know are either from Florida, Virginia, Texas, or Louisiana, and they all pretty much say “axed”, and even I have a bad habit of saying it sometimes lol.

   EDIT: I dont think I’ve ever heard of the term AAVE before, and I’m a black american lol. The term seems odd to me because where I live people from all different backgrounds(black, asian, white, rich, poor) say “axed” and many other sayings that are typically catagorized as AAVE.

7. I’ve heard a white woman from New Orleans say it that way.

8. Ask any 5 year old in America and they’ll probably say axed lol. It’s cute.

   But to answer your question, i’ve never heard a specific accent say axed on the regular.

9. OP the right answer is people from downstate New York.

10. It’s a common feature in AAVE

11. I have heard comments that some in the UK say it, too.

12. Southern accents, particularly certain rural ones, and AAVE both have that.

    It is one of those linguistic markers people often associate with a low income background.

13. Aks is an attested pronunciation dating back more than a thousand years – it’s in the first translation of the bible into English, Chaucher uses it, etc. More broadly it’s a linguistic feature called metathesis, switching syllables. You can also see this in Standard American pronunciations, like most people render comfortable as “comfterble”, and introduce as “interduce”, particularly when speaking quickly. I hear – and say – prescription as perscription a lot. Totally a normal thing.

    IME aks is common in the south, notably in AAVE but white people say it too. It’s found in accents outside of the US too but I can’t remember which ones.

14. Whichever accent is the one that says exscape instead of escape.

15. This happens on both sides of the Atlantic actually. It’s not limited to one particular accent.

    Check out this video from linguist Professor Geoff Lindsey:

    https://youtu.be/3nysHgnXx-o