It's a french phonetic abbreviation for "à ce qu'il paraît". It's basically a shortcut for that means "From what I heard".
It's also used as "It seems".
It can appear in English when a French use it in an English context.
'askip' is also used in the spoken French.
askip ils on perdu beaucoup d'argent
askip they lost a lot of money
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