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<blockquote data-quote="Grendelshooter" data-source="post: 3665074" data-attributes="member: 44870"><p>Obviously not, hence the controversy.</p><p></p><p>As to ax, I think you’re purposely misstating the case. Old Frisian, Old High German, and Old Saxon all had it as a form of Ask. The Ax form was a variant that was supplanted by the original Ask starting in around 1500 iirc. The original Ask is ancient and traceable to PIE roots.</p><p></p><p>So like the T on often coming back into fashion after decades of lazy pronunciation, ask has replaced the incorrect ax form because it was wrong. Being wrong for a long time doesn’t make it right lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grendelshooter, post: 3665074, member: 44870"] Obviously not, hence the controversy. As to ax, I think you’re purposely misstating the case. Old Frisian, Old High German, and Old Saxon all had it as a form of Ask. The Ax form was a variant that was supplanted by the original Ask starting in around 1500 iirc. The original Ask is ancient and traceable to PIE roots. So like the T on often coming back into fashion after decades of lazy pronunciation, ask has replaced the incorrect ax form because it was wrong. Being wrong for a long time doesn’t make it right lol. [/QUOTE]
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