Why do people say AKS (or AX) instead of ASK?

**EXPLANATION OF ENDING** "Asked" is so often pronounced exactly like "assed"/"arsed" that the YouTube automatic captioner can't tell them apart, and sometimes writes "asked" when the speaker actually said "can't be arsed" or "half-assed".
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An exploration of the fascinating story of 'ask' in its different forms, through history in and across the world.


More on Shaetlan:
https://www.iheardee.com/
https://www.facebook.com/iheardee/

Beowulf from this excellent article:
http://staefcraeft.blogspot.com/2009/10/beowulf-axes-questions.html

The Knight's Tale in Middle English by Ancient Literature Dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn4RDpNyBsE

The Miller's Tale in Middle English by the Philological Bell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXbseB2Xi0

Up-Helly-Aa photos by Mike Pennington
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/The_Jarl%27s_squad_in_the_procession_at_Uyeasound_Up_Helly_Aa_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3848195.jpg

Jamaican New Testament
https://soundcloud.com/biblesociety/b01-07-matthew-n2jambsw?in=biblesociety/sets/jamaican-audio-new-testament

Stormzy photo by Raph_PH
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Scots language map by SkateTier
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scots_speakers_in_the_2011_census.png

Peter Serafinowicz sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysshlzqDvvU

God's Outlaw: the Story of William Tyndale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXbseB2Xi0

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