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MAGA Representative Lauren Boebert objected when comments made by a Republican witness were described as being indicative of white supremacist views. Her objection immediately backfired. MeidasTouch contributor Francis Maxwell reports.
spooky3
(34,498 posts)Quixote1818
(28,992 posts)A pet rock has more brain power than she does.
MiniMe
(21,721 posts)I absolutely hate using "axe" instead of "ask", and she did that.
Abolishinist
(1,318 posts)Like many of the words we use today, ask comes from an Old English word. In this case, the word is acsian, and it can be traced back to the eighth century AD. And, sure enough, it was pronounced ax-ian.
As Old English evolved into Middle and then modern English, the word became asken and then ask. But the ax pronunciation stuck aroundand it popped up in some pretty notable places. The celebrated Middle English writer Geoffrey Chaucer, who penned The Canterbury Tales and is often called the father of English literature, used the word this way; so did the Coverdale Bible, which was the first-ever English incarnation of the Bible. When this was published in 1535, Matthew 7-7 instructed the pious to axe and it shall be given you. The president of the American Dialect Society says that ax is not a new thing; it is not a mistake. It is a feature of regular English.
https://www.rd.com/article/pronouncing-ask-ax/#:~:text=Like%20many%20of%20the%20words,became%20asken%20and%20then%20ask
plimsoll
(1,671 posts)I've been corrected for pronouncing aunt like the insect. Or criticized for saying hej, because that's what horses eat. Eventually I just decided that it's a remaining acceptable piece of prejudice. I wouldn't use "axe," but it is a pretty widespread American dialect.
brush
(53,925 posts)far outweighs such a minor nitpick.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)Boebert is a lying, treasonous ultra MAGA hypocrite, and a disgusting a moral piece of filthy shit.
republianmushroom
(13,749 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...again my friend!
Warpy
(111,383 posts)You can only humiliate slightsly smarter people who voted for her, or I should say SHE is humiliating them.
Mopar151
(10,003 posts)czarjak
(11,301 posts)John Roberts has her back?