/ɑ:sks/
It's not particularly easy to pronounce, and the /k/ may be quite lightly sounded. In what is considered by some to be 'uneducated' speech, the /k/ may be realised as /t/. Similarly, 'asked' may be realised as /ɑ:st/
I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.Yes, and you will hear "ax" and "axed"(past) by AmE speakers.
How to pronounce asks? :-?
asks /æs:/ is not heard in BrE, although /ɑ:s:/ is possible.ass [æs]........asks [æs:].......s: = geminated/lengthened s
I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.
I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.
Depends what you mean by 'educated'. Lindon Kwezi Johnson (sp?) does it, and he's British.
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