TIL Amazon internally pronounces "AMIs" as "ah-mees".
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @seldo
Agreed. This is dumber than using the word 'ask' as a noun meaning 'request' (another Seattle area co. favorite).
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Replying to @johanatan @EmilyGorcenski
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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Replying to @seldo @EmilyGorcenski
The word 'ask' as a noun communicates something beyond 'request'? Let's hear it.
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Replying to @johanatan @EmilyGorcenski
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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Replying to @seldo @EmilyGorcenski
a) request as a noun is "what you want" b) there is no other way to make a request than to ask for it; a demand is something else entirely.
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Replying to @johanatan @EmilyGorcenski
I mean... no? I hate to link to a dictionary but that word does have two accepted meanings.pic.twitter.com/2db7G1aY2B
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Replying to @seldo @johanatan
I'm going to create a JS framework that uses .ask() both as an asynchronous callback and a mapping to strict boolean values
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That'll solve it
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