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[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 month ago

asking to have the banana

Yeah that's just a quirk of the English language in that "ask" means both inquiring, trying to learn information from a response, and request, a communication to another that the "asker" wants something.

[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Quirk is a kind way to put it.

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