Etymology of "ask"
The word 'ask' stems from the Old English 'ascian' (about 885). 'Ascian' is a descendant of the Old Frisian word 'askia' meaning to request, demand,ask. Other early forms of ask are Old Saxon 'escon', Old High German eiscon, Proto-Germanic 'aiskojanan , Latin 'aeruscare', Old Slavic 'iskati' and Sanskrit 'icchati' to seek.
Barnhart's Dictionary of Etymology tells us that "The Old English variant, acsian, became 'axen' in Middle English and later 'ax', which was an accepted literary form of the verb until about 1600 and survives to this day in dialectal speech. Forms of 'asken' are frequent in literary Middle English beside 'axen' and 'ask' occurs in the late 1500's especially in Shakespeare."

So, to a certain extent, they are right, just 400 years behind the times...
(Blue_in_Exile, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 11:21, 2 replies)

Well they are still right
If we accept that language is never set in stone and is constantly evolving.
( rofl harris, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 11:41, closed)

+ the fact that a great deal of Jamaican patois derives from 400 year old Scottish English

( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 12:44, closed)

I bet you're a hoot at parties.

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:04, closed)

I'm the one in the corner
reading the labels on the spirit bottles for ingredients.
(Blue_in_Exile, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 17:15, closed)