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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: flutterby _butterfly #6500 02/09/2002 4:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 ask ~ aks It is often pointed out in response to claims that MnE ax is just as correct as ask that both acsian and ascian were used in Old English. The implication is that the modern ask pronunciation came from one of the OE words, but I thought that the OE sc was pronounced sh. Is this not the case with ascian? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted flutterby _butterfly FOB_Seattle 09/13/2000 11:20 PM Re: flutterby _butterfly Jackie 09/14/2000 12:48 AM Re: flutterby _butterfly jmh 09/14/2000 6:44 AM Re: flutterby _butterfly Bingley 09/15/2000 4:11 AM Re: flutterby _butterfly paulb 09/22/2000 10:29 AM Re: flutterby _butterfly stales 02/06/2002 7:44 AM Re: flutterby _butterfly Faldage 02/06/2002 12:15 PM Re: flutterby _butterfly Angel 02/06/2002 7:55 PM cross-threaded butterfly wofahulicodoc 02/08/2002 1:12 AM Re: cross-threaded butterfly milum 02/09/2002 2:29 PM Re: cross-threaded butterfly Angel 02/09/2002 3:26 PM Warning: Spanish fluttering by consuelo 02/09/2002 7:51 PM Re: Warning: Spanish fluttering by stales 02/11/2002 2:12 AM Re: Warning: Spanish fluttering by consuelo 02/11/2002 2:34 AM Re: flutterby _butterfly NicholasW 02/09/2002 3:46 PM flitting names wofahulicodoc 02/09/2002 4:27 PM Re: flitting names Bingley 02/11/2002 5:40 AM Re: flitting names Keiva 02/11/2002 11:47 AM Re: flitting names Bingley 02/12/2002 12:58 PM Re: flutterby _butterfly Faldage 02/09/2002 4:35 PM ascian ~ acsian NicholasW 02/10/2002 6:57 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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