That's Murder

Maybe I'm being too hardcore a stickler, or maybe people should relearn the alphabet and the sounds the letters make. Last time I checked sk had a distinct hiss then halt to a hard kuh sound; a sound that when exaggerated could sound like someone who just got punched in the stomach and gave a little gasp for air. First the hiss, then the hard vowel sound; not too hard to keep straight when you know how to spell the word; the letters said quickly sound like a white person attempting to put a Spanish flare on the word: Esskay...ask
Not axe, because seriously if you want to axe me you telling me kind of ruins the surprise attack factor.
Although I will say when someone says they want to axe me something, even though I know what they mean, the horror on my face is genuine. I'd almost prefer actual axing, just so I know they're aware of what they're saying.
Language is a hard thing to get a grasp on; extremely difficult and quite possibly impossible to master, but there are certain aspects of it that should really come naturally from a young age. Considering most of the people who say 'axe' in place of 'ask' have been speaking English their entire life, they don't get the foreigner opt-out. They just get my judgement, and the judgment of every audience they'll ever encounter with their poor pronunciation. Just that one word being spoken so idiotically presents the speaker immediately in an uneducated fashion; they could very well be intellectually capable, but they don't present themselves as such. People have triggers, and when someone butchers such a simple, but imperative word in speaking formally they can immediately push the wrong button on the audience; losing credibility and becoming tuned out; then it doesn't matter what mind-blowing speech they give, because they lost their audience at that three letter capital crime.
Supposedly actions speak louder than words; so if you're going to axe me, just do it.