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		nardi on March 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Circular Shock Acoustic Waves in Ionosphere Trigge... "Ask" is bad enough as a synonym for "request." I really hope we can avoid "ask" also becoming accepted as a synonym for "question."

d33 on March 22, 2018 [–]

Why? Decreasing language complexity sounds like a good idea. It's not like "question" or "request" are going away, it's just adding a simple context-specific word that is already used in similar situations.

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