"...ask the ask"?!?

[SamBones]

I'm writing this while in a conference call. Someone has replaced the word "question" with the word "ask". The person has actually used this sentence...

Someone will need to ask the ask, where do we go from here?

And more, talking about the questions we need to ask about a project...

What's the ask here?

I almost laughed out loud. Do people like this hear themselves? Do they talk like this normally? Or is this just meeting-speak for them?

 

[johnherman]

Which brings us to a great question. Do they have a Fourth of July in England?

Spoiler

Yes, it falls between July 3rd and July 5th

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[Olaf Doschke]

Do you have your Windows 95 virus discs ready - just in case?

Bye, Olaf.

 

[ChrisHirst]

Do they have a Fourth of July in England?

We certainly do.
It's sandwiched between the third and the fifth (didn't need your 'spoiler' for that )

Chris.

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[SkipVought]

To be safe on the fourth, take not a fifth on the third, lest you come not forth on the fifth forthwith!

Skip,
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Just traded in my OLD subtlety...
for a NUance![/sub]

 

[SamBones]

Which brings us to a great question. Do they have a Fourth of July in England?

Hmmm, I just realized, not only does England have a 4th of July, but now they have an Independence Day too!

 

[Olaf Doschke]

No matter if June 23rd or a date yet to come, nothing to congratulate to, if you ask me.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[IPGuru]

a bit late but I am going to bite for the fun of it anyway

Brits don't drive on the right side of the road.

We do drive on the right* side of the road (for very good historical reasons) it is most of the world that drives on the WRONG* side of the road.

I have actually had a reasonable explanation for this in the US which boils down to the fact that the US has much less historical baggage. as for Europe it is simply because Napoleon was left handed which makes retaining it after his defeat a bit of a joke.


*Grammar pedants will probably say I should be using correct & incorrect instead of right & wrong


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