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Can I ask you a question?
I think the point we're missing here about my initial post is that I was referring to the obnoxious habit of lacing one's conversation with that phrase for about every other sentence in an arrogant, intrusive manner in indicating that "I'm gonna ask you this question whether you like it or not, sucker!" and then leaping instantly to the question...an affectation of speech that many New Yorkers and New York area folks have adopted as a way, they think, of being forceful and intimidating! There is no politeness intended here in any way, shape, or form...perhaps CapitalK will, unfortunately, encounter one of these interrogationally challenged individuals when they enter said areas. My initial post still stands...if you heard it used this way, you'd be right with me!
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