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/ɑ:sks/
It's not particularly easy to pronounce, and the /k/ may be quite lightly sounded. In what is considered by some to be 'uneducated' speech, the /k/ may be realised as /t/. Similarly, 'asked' may be realised as /ɑ:st/
It's not particularly easy to pronounce, and the /k/ may be quite lightly sounded. In what is considered by some to be 'uneducated' speech, the /k/ may be realised as /t/. Similarly, 'asked' may be realised as /ɑ:st/
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I am far from being an expert on AmE, but I would suggest that these forms are not used by anybody with a claim to being educated.
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asks /æs:/ is not heard in BrE, although /ɑ:s:/ is possible.
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/æsks/ for the accents unaffected by the trap-bath split, including, perhaps most notably, General American.
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It's used in some variants.
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