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To me there are semantic distinctions. If I say there was a request, it's neutral. If i say there was an ask, you know I think it's something a bit bigger, poss
by stevage 2y ago
To me there are semantic distinctions. If I say there was a request, it's neutral. If i say there was an ask, you know I think it's something a bit bigger, possibly a bit unreasonable. If I say there was a question, you know it's just information being sought.
The article here points out the more annoying characteristic, which is using lots of stock phrases that don't contribute meaning over single words.
- christophilus 2y ago> “There was an ask.” This communicates nothing to me other than that the speaker probably is going to continue to annoy me.
- bdangubic 2y agosame. and actually A LOT less serious in my mind than a request. If you used request I would think you are really in need of my assistance and I am paying attention. I hear “ask” and I think totally not important and ignorable
- jader201 2y agoYeah, I'll still just say "large, possibly unreasonable request". :) (And I've never inferred that distinction anyway -- in all the cases I've heard it, I could've replaced "ask" with "request"/"question", and it would've meant the same thing, especially with any additional context.)
- VincentEvans 2y ago> If i say there was an ask, you know I think it's something a bit bigger, possibly a bit unreasonable. That’s the point - it isn’t any of those things. It’s made up by you (nothing personal, waving in general direction) on the spot and is not in any way a part of some imagined shared lingo. It’s all complete and utter meaningless bs that some people like to imagine to be loaded with contextual depth. It’s not.
- stevage 2y agoAnd just like that, the entire field of linguistics was destroyed.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoWhy waste time say lot word when few word do trick?