Thursday, January 16, 2014

EDUCATION BURN!

 

6 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

I was having dinner with a friend recently, a Mr. Chris Caswell, who mentioned how he is frequently misidentified as "Chris Caldwell" or "Chris Causewell". I said that my brother has such poor grammar that he would probably call him "Chris Casgood".

Hobgoblin238 said...

That would be ebonics. Something only people in the states would hear about. Not too many black people in Canada one would think.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Thank gawd this expression is not common in Canada. We've got lots of black Canadians too but they don't speak like that.

Unknown said...

I hear it from kids all the time. It's one of those colloquialisms that even smart people are using these days. I does kinda make you sound 'street' when you AXE for your car, bitch!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Clearly I am out of touch then. Sad, very sad.

Nathan said...

Apparently Chaucer used "ax" for "ask." http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do

Also, it will apparently be the norm in the thirty-first century.