It is easier for me to represent 'joggling'. It is a conjunction of
juggling and jogging. However, I got into trouble when I posted this entry
in a certain FB group - presumably because they thought it was irrelevant,
or perhaps they thought it was overly relevant.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:14 AM Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It is still an ask for me to distinguish this usage.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:10 AM John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
A Google search for “the ask” produces a rich body of data from which I
infer that “the ask” is frequently used in discussions of sales and/or
fundraising, denoting the point in the conversation at which the critical
question appears, will the target buy the offer.
One link is to a novel in which our friend David Richie might be
particularly interested.
The Ask
by
Sam Lipsyte <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2282.Sam_Lipsyte>
(Goodreads
Author)
3.28 · Rating details
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6698001-the-ask#> · 6,248 ratings
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6698001-the-ask#other_reviews> · 937
reviews
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6698001-the-ask#other_reviews>
Milo Burke, a development officer at a third-tier university, has “not
been developing”: after a run-in with a well-connected undergrad, he finds
himself among the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after
odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is offered one last chance by
his former employer: he must reel in a potential donor—a major “ask”—who,
mysteriously, has requested Milo’s involvement. But it turns out that the
ask is Milo’s sinister college classmate Purdy Stuart. And the “give” won’t
come cheap. Probing many themes— or, perhaps, anxieties—including work,
war, sex, class, child rearing, romantic comedies, Benjamin Franklin,
cooking shows on death row, and the eroticization of chicken wire, *The
Ask *is a burst of genius by a young American master who has already
demonstrated that the truly provocative and important fictions are often
the funniest ones.
Cheers,
John
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 9, 2019, at 0:26, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am not, but Merriam Webster has taken notice of the fact that "get" and
'ask' are being used as nouns.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/a-take-on-the-phrase-good-get
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 5:16 PM Torgeir Fjeld <t.fjeld1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear all,
Reading the news, the following linguistic innovation offered itself:
May’s official spokeswoman said: “This is obviously a unique European
council specifically focused on Brexit. The PM set out a clear ask in terms
of an extension and it is important that she set out the rationale for
that.”
(
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/08/theresa-may-resume-talks-labour-find-brexit-compromise
)
Is anyone here familiar with the noun "ask" and its present usage (as
per corpus based approaches, over and against the Chomskeians)?
Mvh. / Yours sincerely,
Torgeir Fjeld
https://torgeirfjeld.com/
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