8 Ventôse CCXII (February 26, 2004)
Oh You Mean Xmas. You Must Be Using an Archaic Pronounciation.
Ax, v. t. & i. [OE. axien and asken. See Ask.] To ask; to inquire or inquire of.
This word is from Saxon, and is as old as the English language. Formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. It is still dialectic in England, and is sometimes heard among the uneducated in the United States. "And Pilate axide him, Art thou king of Jewis?" "Or if he axea fish." Wyclif. "The king axed after your Grace's welfare." Pegge.
And now you know… Courtesy of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition.
One point for the title. Let's see if someone can beat Matt to it.
Now that I beat Matt, here's the significance: the rest of the quote is "...like when you say "ask" instead of aks."
And one point to Andrew, who breaks the tie for second.
Hrmmm... Speaking of Futurama, I believe the 3rd season is coming out soon.
Posted by g026r at 9 Ventôse CCXII 00:33 (2004/02/27)
Damnit, I didn't check your blog recently.
Not that I would've gotten this one anyway. =)
Ahem. Now matt knows how me and peter and nancy feel :)
Hrmmm... So Matt doesn't recognise Futurama quotes? Interesting.
Posted by g026r at 10 Ventôse CCXII 00:52 (2004/02/28)
HA HA! I will keep the source of my answers secret! I will never tell anyone that I just copy and paste the title into Google! Never in a million years!
....oops....
This is a test of using AvantGo's stored form submital function to submit delayed comments.
Move along, nothlng to see here.
Posted by g026r at 10 Ventôse CCXII 22:37 (2004/02/28)
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