US Slang Expressions

[ellejir]

> Trisha:
> > All these slang expressions aren't even getting into the 
> > subculture languages like Ebonics.
> > 
> > Axe - used in place of "ask" or "asked"  (I hear this one all the 
> time)
> > 
> 
> now Shirley:
> Do you live in New Orleans/Louisiana?  I haven't heard that 
> expression since I moved away from there!
> 


I live in Virginia and *I* hear that one all the time--from my own 
kids...who learned it from their babysitter.  It's more like 
mispronounciation than slang though, I think.  I've got the kids 
trained up now to correct the babysitter every time she says "axe" 
instead of "ask"--nothing like being corrected by a 5 year old to 
make you start to get things right. ;->

Elle (who still kisses the ground that her babysitter walks 
on...regardless of the "axe" thing)