The dialectical pronunciation of “ask” as “ax” suggests to most people that the speaker has a substandard education. You should avoid it in formal speaking situations.
v inquire about
I asked about their special today He had to ask directions several times
v make a request or demand for something to somebody
She asked him for a loan
v direct or put; seek an answer to
ask a question
v consider obligatory; request and expect
Aren't we asking too much of these children?
v address a question to and expect an answer from
The children asked me about their dead grandmother
v require as useful, just, or proper
This job asks a lot of patience and skill
v require or ask for as a price or condition
He is asking $200 for the table The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage
Luciano: Spare the Rod, but wield a snide ax As we wonder if rain will wash away summer as it did with spring, hot air blasts into our midst via Random Ax of Snideness. Another satisfied customer: In your criticism of the Rod Stewart focus in the All-America City video, you failed to mention the time spent by these young professionals hoping to do something good for the city of Peoria.
June 14, 2013 - Peoria Journal Star
Journalist fights to keep secret sources on Colorado theater shooting By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Fox News reporter who is being asked to reveal her anonymous sources in a story about last summer's shooting at a Denver-area movie theater asked a New York appeals court on Wednesday to quash a subpoena requiring her to appear in Colorado court. Jana Winter, a New York-based journalist, cited two unnamed law enforcement sources in reporting that ...
June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Factbox: Nine cases of Americans indicted for media leaks By David Ingram and Joseph Ax (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are increasingly seizing on an anti-espionage law to pursue Americans suspected of divulging government secrets to the press, a major shift in the use of a 1917 law that was designed to stop leaks to America's enemies. Nine times in U.S. history, all of them since 1971, federal prosecutors have brought charges under the Espionage Act for ...
June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Ask Well: How Often to Exercise A reader asks: Does it really matter if I work out three days in a row, rather than spreading my exercise through the week?
June 14, 2013 - New York Times
Three Republicans Ask Glenn Beck's Help to Stop Immigration Reform (Video) Three House Republicans, Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN), Rep. Steve King (IA) and Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX), appeared on Glenn Beck's TV program tonight to ask the host and his viewers to help them stop immigration reform (video below). "We'll be spending $2.7 trillion just to supply the retirement benefits for illegal aliens," Bachmann said. "So we are bringing in a class of people who have broken ...
June 14, 2013 - Opposing Views
Ask Matt: Thrones Unspoiled, Nurse Jackie, Mad Men, Orphan Black Ask Matt: Thrones Unspoiled, Nurse Jackie, Mad Men, Orphan Black Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2013 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 7:06 am, Monday, June 10, 2013 (Although with Thrones, I read the first three books years before HBO began filming them, so I knew what was coming - and in ...
June 12, 2013 - seattlepi.com