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I am so with you. "Ask" drives me up a wall!

• xyzelement 3y ago
  I find that limiting the number of things that drive you up a wall is good. "I have something to ask of you" is not a novel term for request. And ask is softer than request, giving the other party more opening to decline. I don't hate it.
  • gldnspud 3y ago
    I think the annoyance is in the use of the word “ask” as a noun. Example: “I have an ask for you” being used instead of “I have a request for you”.
  • xwowsersx 3y ago
    Yeah we're talking here about "ask" as a noun, as in "what's the ask?" > I find that limiting the number of things that drive you up a wall is good. Me too, but if this is really just a way of saying "this shouldn't upset you", you should just say that. As stated, it comes across as condescending.
  • oblio 3y ago
    "Ask" the pseudo-noun.