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At one point, I was fastidiously replacing the word "ask" with "request" in every Google Doc I had edit access too. I've since given up, it's just too overwhel

At one point, I was fastidiously replacing the word "ask" with "request" in every Google Doc I had edit access too. I've since given up, it's just too overwhelming. For every "ask" I squash, there's 5 more being thrown at me in Slack and emails and Google Docs and Slides.

panzagl 3y ago
You can join me on my crusade changing 'utilize' to 'use'.
- panarky 3y ago
  From an exhausted and humiliated veteran of the failed struggle against the verbification of "impact", you have my respect and sympathy.
  - gmane 3y ago
    I think that one is a direct result of people being pedants about the difference between effect and affect which made a lot of people try to avoid them completely.
    - sneak 3y ago
      My favorite is that affect and effect are also sometimes a noun and verb, respectively. Knowing how to use all 4 (affect noun, affect verb, effect noun, effect verb) correctly feels like a superpower.
  - MrVandemar 3y ago
    You're fighting the good fight.
- scarygliders 3y ago
  That is nothing compared to the cringe I experience whenever I see people type "lead" when it really called for "led"; "He lead them into battle" instead of "He led them into battle." - I see that a lot these days. Oh and speaking of "a lot", it makes me sad every time I see people using "alot". And that non-word gets used increasingly often. It's not like it's a typo or autocorrection. A lot of people unironically type "alot". Ugh! EDIT: Lol, I received a downvote. I found the "alot" user. Or the "lead instead of led" user! Or perhaps I scored a double strike ;)
  - saghm 3y ago
    An old but good resource on coping with "alots": https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-bette...
  - eternityforest 3y ago
    If you ever go led climbing at night while listening to Led Zeppelin, you will probably want to bring a lead light, but not one powered by led assed sells, as that would way alot, probably to much.
  - Larrikin 3y ago
    A lot is annoying to swipe type on a phone. I know alot is not in the dictionary, but it will always be one of the first words I purposefully add to my user dictionary, right after all the cuss words.
sneak 3y ago
I also find the usage annoying (probably because it’s corpspeak), but I made an executive decision to overrule my emotions on the matter because simplifying the common usage of the world’s lingua franca by having verbs do double duty is, in the long run, fine and good and useful. We already do it for “drive” and “run”. More gerunds is a good thing.
elicksaur 3y ago
“request” is a word that can be a noun or a verb. Why can “request” be a noun, but “ask” should not?

panzagl 3y ago

You can join me on my crusade changing 'utilize' to 'use'.

panarky 3y ago
From an exhausted and humiliated veteran of the failed struggle against the verbification of "impact", you have my respect and sympathy.
- gmane 3y ago
  I think that one is a direct result of people being pedants about the difference between effect and affect which made a lot of people try to avoid them completely.
  - sneak 3y ago
    My favorite is that affect and effect are also sometimes a noun and verb, respectively. Knowing how to use all 4 (affect noun, affect verb, effect noun, effect verb) correctly feels like a superpower.
- MrVandemar 3y ago
  You're fighting the good fight.
scarygliders 3y ago
That is nothing compared to the cringe I experience whenever I see people type "lead" when it really called for "led"; "He lead them into battle" instead of "He led them into battle." - I see that a lot these days. Oh and speaking of "a lot", it makes me sad every time I see people using "alot". And that non-word gets used increasingly often. It's not like it's a typo or autocorrection. A lot of people unironically type "alot". Ugh! EDIT: Lol, I received a downvote. I found the "alot" user. Or the "lead instead of led" user! Or perhaps I scored a double strike ;)
- saghm 3y ago
  An old but good resource on coping with "alots": https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-bette...
- eternityforest 3y ago
  If you ever go led climbing at night while listening to Led Zeppelin, you will probably want to bring a lead light, but not one powered by led assed sells, as that would way alot, probably to much.
- Larrikin 3y ago
  A lot is annoying to swipe type on a phone. I know alot is not in the dictionary, but it will always be one of the first words I purposefully add to my user dictionary, right after all the cuss words.

sneak 3y ago

I also find the usage annoying (probably because it’s corpspeak), but I made an executive decision to overrule my emotions on the matter because simplifying the common usage of the world’s lingua franca by having verbs do double duty is, in the long run, fine and good and useful. We already do it for “drive” and “run”. More gerunds is a good thing.

elicksaur 3y ago

“request” is a word that can be a noun or a verb. Why can “request” be a noun, but “ask” should not?