May. 29th, 2020

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So. Ask vs Guess culture [MeFi link].

I know I saw an excellent follow-up discussion about the failure mode of "ask" being "tell", and the failure mode of "offer" being "guess". I am however utterly failing to track it down, the search terms not being... especially helpful. I don't suppose any of you know both (1) what I'm talking about and (2) where to find it?

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