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Also, I’m not too sure that saying ‘ok’ is to ‘affirm or to express agreement’. Sometimes it can be used to simply acknowledge that someone has said something,
by ubutler 2y ago
Also, I’m not too sure that saying ‘ok’ is to ‘affirm or to express agreement’. Sometimes it can be used to simply acknowledge that someone has said something, such as when you say ‘ok sure’ or ‘ok but’.
And if I am wrong, and it does mean to affirm, then doesn’t that by necessity mean that it involves ‘offering an opinion’? Affirmation and/or agreement is not neutral.
- incompatible 2y agoIt's used in different contexts, including the original meaning of "all correct", which is apparently offering an opinion.
- hunter2_ 2y agoAlmost sounds more like a statement of fact checking than of offering an opinion (unless said by the first person, as was the case during the very first usage, in a bizarre "I am right" manner).
- jonplackett 2y agoI think a mumbled uh hu is about the best we have for this.
- ang_cire 2y agoThat also can be used in the affirmative: "Wanna get food?" "Uh huh." "Understood", or "got it" expresses acknowledgement without agreement.
- SilasX 2y agoI've long thought that we need to create a new (short) word that exists solely so you can communicate that you got the message, but not indicate any position on it. Something like AROM (acknowledging receipt of message). Of course, good luck keeping it in that semantic space even if you got it off the ground
- moandcompany 2y agoI and many people I have worked with (all engineers, swes, etc) have been comfortable with using "Ack" (acknowledged) for this purpose. Sometimes we get funny responses when others aren't familiar with the intended meaning. Another word you can use for this purpose is "copy."
- dkz999 2y ago'Got it'?
- rufus_foreman 2y agoWhatever.
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