scintigram:

free-pizza-for-life:

ganitsirk:

theyuniversity:

It’s good to know that we weren’t the only ones driven crazy by people who “axe” questions.

Fun fact! “Ask” was originally pronounced as “aks” [or “axe,” as it’s spelled in this picture] and changed over time through the process of metathesis. The word descends from the Old English verb ‘acsian’. And then in some dialects it started to revert to the original “aks/axe.”
Also interesting to note that the main dialect with which “aks/axe” is associated is AAVE - how funny that we shit on the language of black people in this ~~~”“”post-racial”“”~~~ society! Language bias is one of the last acceptable realms in which you can be unabashedly racist and still get away with - or even be praised for! - your prejudices.

“In classrooms across the U.S., there are kids who speak a wide variety of types of English. Even though it’s historical accident that anyone considers "isn’t” better than “ain’t” or “wash” better than “warsh,” those kids who just axed a question may feel dumb and be treated as if they’re dumb by the people around them. And it starts young: Even by the end of kindergarten, many students have absorbed messages that their language is wrong, incorrect, dumb, or stigmatized.

For example, when I studied the language patterns of 4- and 5-year-old black children in several U.S. cities, many of them were worried that just talking with me would somehow cause them to be held back a grade if they did not do well in the conversations. You can see how these feelings of insecurity, anxiety, and apprehension when communicating—what the linguist William Labov calls linguistic insecurity—would make it disheartening to try and learn higher skills like math and reading when you’re told you’re wrong as soon as you even open your mouth.” - [x]

TL;DR: Images like these contribute to linguistic insecurity among children of color, ruining their self esteem, and severely impacting their ability to learn.

DESTROY PRESCRIPTIVISM, DESTROY PEOPLE WHO CRITICIZE NONSTANDARD FEATURES, DO IT NOW