If you are interested in this kind of thing I highly recommend Dr. Geoff Lindsay's youtube channel. Deep dives into linguistic phenomena with a descriptive viewpoint.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey/videos</a>
> Linguicism is an idea invented by human-rights activist and linguist Tove Skutnabb-Kangas to describe discrimination based on language or dialect. The prejudice around “aks” is an example of linguicism.<p>> Decades of research shows that the idea that any variation from standard English is incorrect (or, worse, unprofessional or uneducated) is a smokescreen for prejudice. Linguicism can have serious consequences by worsening existing socio-economic and racial inequalities.<p>No, this is utter rubbish. While languages do change over time, most modern languages have their own standard form. You can't just say that it's prejudicial just because someone gets called out or judged for mispronouncing a word. In fact, they should be. Proficiency in the standard form of a nation-state's language is crucial to being an informed citizen.<p>Not everybody's whim should be accommodated. At some point, people need to take personal responsibility. Leave this ideological post-modern woke BS out of linguistics.
I grew up in South London. When I was in primary school (equivalent to elementary school in the US):<p>- several of my classmates would pronounce 'ask' as 'aks'.<p>- I and many others used glottal stops in place of the 't' sounds in words like 'satellite'.