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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An order or imperative phrased obliquely as a question, such as "would you mind closing the window?"
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Blend of whimper + imperative. Coined by Jerrold Sadock in a 1970 essay.
