TIL Amazon internally pronounces "AMIs" as "ah-mees".
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Agreed. This is dumber than using the word 'ask' as a noun meaning 'request' (another Seattle area co. favorite).
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I have a deeply nerdy grammarian's justification for why "ask" is a useful noun for disambiguation. I can supply upon, uh, request ;-)
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The word 'ask' as a noun communicates something beyond 'request'? Let's hear it.
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A "request" is both "what you want" and "how you asked it", e.g. "Hey Bob, I would like a 10% discount." Therein lies an ambiguity.
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If Bob says no, it could be because he can't grant discounts, *or* because 10% is too much. "I can't grant your request" is unclear.
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However, "ask" as a noun means only "what you asked for". "That's too big an ask" makes clear the problem is the substance, not the form.
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And "that's too big of a request" wouldn't convey the same information?
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I think you need to re-think this.
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