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EchinusRosso t1_j03kyl2 wrote

Reply to comment by sooprvylyn in New research shows why we hear “lemon” and not “melon” in processing incoming sounds: our brains “time-stamp” the order of incoming sounds, allowing us to correctly process the words that we hear by giuliomagnifico

Dictionaries don't legitimize words. They record use.

Source: https://www.outlookindia.com/international/-goblin-mode-becomes-oxford-dictionary-s-word-of-the-year-what-does-it-mean--news-242702

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sooprvylyn t1_j04qesv wrote

Yet they havent recorded the use of aks...weird that.

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EchinusRosso t1_j07ytg0 wrote

They have. It's often recorded as a dialectic pronunciation under the definition of "ask." It was literally used in Chaucer. The fact that you haven't looked doesn't mean records don't exist.

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sooprvylyn t1_j087gvp wrote

So then not a legitimate word but in some backwards uneducated areas people talk funny? Got it, means my assumption about those people has been correct this whole time.

Edit: also, chaucer isnt a good reference for the modern english language seeing as how its not the modern english language. His work is pretty much unintelligible to any modern english speaker. Might as well be referencing some archaic german writer.

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