let me aks you something...

[on:]

has anyone picked up on a futurama character slipping up and using the antiquated term ask instead of the cooler, futuristic aks?

(conversely, does any character from the past accidently aks anyone else something?)

(ps. i found a similar thread here, but it's quite old. also quite closed... so i'm sorry if i step on anyone's toes)

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I always thought it was axe??  Nevermind though, I have noticed in quite a few episodes that they seem to have 'forgot' but I have no evidence of this claim as I cannot remember which episodes they were. (probably quite a few).
Either way, in the 4th (production) season they quite obviously use the new futuristic term a couple of times but as before I cannot remember which eps there were in.

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[Reply #2 on:]

actually i think the only one who uses 'axe' consistently is Leela. I think all of the others have slipped up at some point. I'm not sure if it's in the script that way or if Katey keeps track of it herself or what.

[Reply #3 on:]

In Space Pilot 3000 Leela uses the word ask instead of ax (it's when she and Fry first meet).

I don't think that the writers have forgotten this, I rather think they haven't "invented" the word ax yet.

[Reply #4 on:]

what i meant was after it was stated in xmas story that ask was now pronounced axe that was when Leela started using it consistently.

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I'm pretty sure up until the ep "Xmas Story" where we find out that they use "axe" instead of "ask, you only hear them use ask, then after that it's always axe....I think it's only Leela though as somebody else pointed out....

[Reply #6 on:]

In the first Anthology of Interest, Leela says "I don't know what to ASK it".

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Still, though, a lot of people in the present use 'Aks'... Uneducated people mostly, so far as I've seen, but still..

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Uneducated people! Damn! I was going to start using it because it sounded cool, but you ruined it for me!

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What's with using that word instead of Ask? I don't get it, is it some kind of joke or what?

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It was one of the words that changed in the 1000 years while Fry was frozen.
Another word that changed is Christmas to Xmas. These two words are mentioned in the episode X-Mas Story.

Quote of Bender in AOI I: "The x makes it sound cool" (I hope I quoted that right?!?)

Edit: Damn spelling errors

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In "Anthology Of Interest 1" Bender says "Ohh ohh! Let me axe it a question!" So it's not just Leela, but i think that's the only time i've heard Bender say it.

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I guess Bender is the type of robot who likes to take instead of axe.