When someone's trying to tell you something is it rude to say 'what is it?' Or does it depend on the tone? I don't think you can say that to your boss, although friends and colleagues should be alright depending on the tone of course. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
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Ashraful, could you give us some more context, that is, an imaginary conversation in which you say: What is it?
@Gustavo, Co-Moderator posted:Ashraful, could you give us some more context, that is, an imaginary conversation in which you say: What is it?
Scenario 1:
A: Hey do you remember my weird Jewish neighbor?
B: Yea what is it this time?
Scenario 2:
A: Hey man why are you so quiet? Is everything alright.
B: Yeah, I'm okay.
A: I can see you're lying. What is it?
Those situations are informal, and that being the case there's nothing wrong with asking What is it?
@Gustavo, Co-Moderator posted:Those situations are informal, and that being the case there's nothing wrong with asking What is it?
Thank you very much.
