this is wrong and i reject it
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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 @EmilyGorcenski
I think you misunderstood. In the context of this discussion my point is that definition #2 is *always* the one being meant. 1/2
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2/2 and further. #1 is implied as like I mentioned there are other [stronger] words for stronger concepts: demand and ultimatum being two.
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Even further: ask suffers the exact same ambiguity (which I've already shown isn't actually a problem) as it is used for both meanings also.
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Tengo una pregunta: preguntaría ser 《untagado》
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