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Originally Posted by gmw
Well, if we are going to critique Dr. Drib's contribution, I was thinking along the lines of those that try combining he/she into s/he. And then I realised that the word I was looking for already occurred in natural speech - with those that have trouble with their diction. There is the common "He arxed me if I wanted to go", but sometimes this comes out as "He arsed me if I wanted to go". So, it seems to me that "arsed" is the natural speech combination of ask and said (combines the first syllable of asked with the pronunciation of "said"). One problem with this solution is that it introduces a slight ambiguity or homonym with those dialects in which "arsed" has other definitions.
... Um ... I'm not sure if I have stretched the family and child friendly requirement of this forum to breaking point. Moderators, feel free to delete this post if you think I have.
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You spell that axed. He axed me out.