If I were to ask how old are you

[Serendipity]

No I am not that sensitive

 

[Scimitar]

interviewer "Your name sir?"

me "Don freakin' King"

interviewer "really?"

me "no, it's Michael wooohooo Jackson"

interviewer "and how old are you Michael?"

me "old enough to be dead, but don't quote me"

Interviewer gives himself a facepalm, and I moonwalk off.

This took place at Trafalgar square last year...

Scimi

 

[~Zaria~]

interviewer "Your name sir?"

me "Don freakin' King"

interviewer "really?"

me "no, it's Michael wooohooo Jackson"

interviewer "and how old are you Michael?"

me "old enough to be dead, but don't quote me"

Interviewer gives himself a facepalm, and I moonwalk off.

This took place at Trafalgar square last year...

Scimi

LOL

You're kidding, right?

Why?

 

[White Rose]

Forget about age, I will run away before you can even interview me. ;D

 

[ardianto]

interviewer "Your name sir?"

me "Don freakin' King"

interviewer "really?"

me "no, it's Michael wooohooo Jackson"

interviewer "and how old are you Michael?"

me "old enough to be dead, but don't quote me"

Interviewer gives himself a facepalm, and I moonwalk off.

This took place at Trafalgar square last year...

Scimi

Hmmm, I remember this moment. Yes, you left the interviwer with moonwalk.

But a moment later the interviewer asked me "Justin, we heard Selena Gomez left you?"

 

[Snowflake]

I have just realized that I actually love telling strangers my age if they ask. Just not on the internet.

 

[ardianto]

@sisters

In many places, asking about age to female unnecessary is considered inappropriate. So, if someone ask about your age unnecessary, it's okay if you reply with "why you ask?". However if someone ask about your age necessary and you refuse to tell your age, you would be marked as a low confidence female who afraid to being old.

 

[Ramadan90]

No.^o)

 

[ardianto]

May I out of topic for a moment?

Why Beardo said "If I were", not "If I was"?



PS: I do not speak English in daily life.

 

[marwen]

^ 'I were' is the subjunctive form/mode of 'I was'. It's used in an unreal conditional sentence.
In short : I use 'I was' if I want to express something possible. But I use 'I were [.. would ...]' to express something hypotethical, or unreal.

example :
1) If I was wrong, please correct me ==> it's possible that I was wrong. => real conditional.
2) If I were you, I would never get this money ==> I can't be you (not possible) : that's hypothetical. => unreal conditional.
(note that you will use 'would', after using the subjunctive 'I were'.)

In this thread, Beardo said : 'If I were to ask how old are you', he won't really ask you that. It's just hypothetical. Right Beardo ?

If I was wrong, please correct me. (<-- this is not an example, seriously correct me if I said something wrong. )




PS. : may be we need a thread dedicated for english questions, I guess it would be helpful for all.

 

[ardianto]

Jazak Allah Khayr, brother Marwen.

 

[Scimitar]

Not being funny but if a reporter asked me my age - I'd reply with "you should know that already, you're the one who is doing the research, I'm only here for the interview" loool

Scimi

 

[Abu.Yusuf]

personally i wouldnt mind....but like you said older people may get offended... so depends on the person. Dont think anyone can answer you question, youll just have to experiment

let us know if you get beats lol

 

[real islam]

I think scimiter made a good answer

 

[TrueStranger]

Age is nothing but a number, it all comes down to how young or how old you look. If you have a baby-face, you could be a 30 year old woman and people will probably ignore the number, and focus on your looks.