How native speakers pronounce “asking”

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list got a call in the middle of the night asking we've got an unexpected baby boy do you want him they said of

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

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list got a call in the middle of the night asking we've got an unexpected baby boy do you want him they said of

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

and the thermometer on the front porch read minus 40 degrees -- and don't bother asking if that's Celsius or Fahrenheit, minus 40 is where the two scales meet --

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

why the rush this is the right question to be asking at the start of this course because the

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especially when they only had a couple years left in the house. So at this point, some of you may be asking yourselves, "What kind of couples therapist recommends that couples live apart?"

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

than the expressers predict they would. Performing random acts of kindness, reaching out and asking for help, expressing support to someone in need,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

And then I learned I could fulfill my life dream ... by asking. You know, I came from four generations of teachers,

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

because I thought I could fulfill my life dream just by simply asking. I used to think I have to accomplish all these things --

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

Surviving this will take everything that we have. So here's what I'm asking from all of us, for every day from now on.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

Five months ago, I stood before that podium asking the Supreme Court to do something it had never done in its history:

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

is Bob Ross greeting me at the pearly gates and asking me, “Craig, would you like a haircut and an eye exam?” (Laughter)

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

and to this day, I am still getting messages from people around the globe who are asking me about their periods. There are a lot of young people -- and some not-so-young people -- out there,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

And then there’s Aunt Sally, who keeps asking, "So, is there anyone special?"

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

designed especially for women, that will make you much more likely to get what you're asking for? I want to share a story.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

to frame our feedback to other people. So instead of asking people, "Should I be nice or honest and useful?"

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

Let them describe it. They're the ones that know. Try asking them things like, "What was that like?" "How did that feel?"

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

(Laughter) So we come to one person, and we basically are asking them to give us what once an entire village used to provide.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

and being invited into more rooms where people started asking me, "Hey, would you ever consider doing marketing consulting on the side?"

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

and the other is to answer questions expansively. Asking expansive, open-ended questions encourages the other person to open up

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

It may take some time to uncover these commonalities, but asking questions and using the visual cues you have, even if it's just through their video screen, can help.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

if you're listening attentively, you're nodding, you're asking questions related to what they're asking, what they're talking about,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

complimenting you but clearly doesn't mean it, or asking you questions but couldn't care less about your answer,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

checking in at every meeting, saying, "Where are you at?", asking people to become aware of and more clear in expressing how they feel

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

This study tracked 30,000 adults in the United States for eight years, and they started by asking people, "How much stress have you experienced in the last year?"

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

and they ranged in age from 34 to 93, and they started the study by asking, "How much stress have you experienced in the last year?"

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

So the next time you're at a party, instead of asking someone, "What do you do?" I encourage you to add two small words to your question.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

and I don't recall once in his 40 years of chemical engineering anybody asking him if he was afraid to be a chemical engineer, you know? "That chemical-engineering block, John, how's it going?"

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

with the same telltale sign of allergies. A few minutes later, in asking Veronica some questions, and examining her and listening to her,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche. It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun. It just completely warps and distorts egos,

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

but that there's something that we can all do to get there. Doctors and nurses can get better at asking about the context of patients' lives,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

and our nurses, to our clinics, and asking, "Is there something in where I live and where I work that I should be aware of?"

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

AI is moving so fast. Today, I'm asking you, does AI understand language that might seem like a silly question in ten years.

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

Typically, you collect these types of statements by asking participants to tell the truth or to lie about something. For example, if I was a participant in the truthful condition,

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

Well, users see someone who's providing them solutions without them even asking. Someone who's there to support them,

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

the most important thing don't assume the person you're asking for help knows the type of help you want

A lifeline for coral reefs. So I'm asking you -- don't look away. Change your perspective

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

Entire families just didn't have work. So I really started asking this question of myself, like, what do I do as someone who really wants to stay here,

A Bold Idea to Rebuild the Working Class | Molly Hemstreet | TED · TED

We spend our own money building defense products that work, rather than asking taxpayers to foot the bill. The result is that we move much faster and at lower cost

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

And so the point I would make to people is you're not asking to not open Pandora's box. You're asking to shove it back in and close it again.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

is you're not asking to not open Pandora's box. You're asking to shove it back in and close it again. And the whole point of the allegory is that such cannot be done.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

they would have an incentive to get rid of us. So I know I'm asking you to make a giant leap into a future that looks so different from where we are now.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

And we know, from their own words, that one of the reasons for this is that we're training on their work without asking them. But it doesn't have to be this way.

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

than 19-century royalty. Others might be asking, quite reasonably, but what about global warming and endangered species?

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

it was inconceivable to me that we would be asking these questions in my lifetime. But we are.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

We studied rookie teachers working in really tough neighborhoods, asking which teachers are still going to be here in teaching by the end of the school year,

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED · TED

at improving learning outcomes for their students? We partnered with private companies, asking, which of these salespeople is going to keep their jobs?

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED · TED

And he had the chance to read it all long before he died. So that had me asking, why are eulogies only for dead people?

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

In one wave of classes, asking people to feel uncomfortable doubled the time they took focus. Those people were also more daring.

How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TED · TED

you know, I'd love some feedback. You know, I was asking for, like, positive feedback. (Laughter)

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

which was building a set of little free pantries. And she put a message on Facebook asking for help. People responded and they built an initial six boxes,

How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED · TED

That's his legacy. I'm not asking you to become a world-famous artist, though, I will absolutely back you if that's what you choose to do.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

though, I will absolutely back you if that's what you choose to do. But I am asking you to start making stuff. Start taking up space.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

So the procedure is fairly simple: two strangers take turns asking each other 36 increasingly personal questions and then they stare into each other's eyes

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

If you write about your relationship in an international newspaper, you should expect people to feel comfortable asking about it. But I just wasn't prepared for the scope of the response.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

My own relationship was only a few months old, and I felt like people were asking the wrong question in the first place. What would knowing whether or not we were still together really tell them?

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

I am more patient with love. I am more relaxed. I am more confident about asking for what I want. But I can also see myself more clearly,

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

Maybe it's this possibility of a guarantee that people were really asking about when they wanted to know if we were still together.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

CA: That was impressive. SA: You've been asking me versions of this for the last half hour. What do you think?

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

And then she asked me, "Am I asking for too much?" Max is 38,

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

a founder who has lived happily with Allie for the past four years. And yet, he found himself in my office asking me, "Do you think she's the one?"

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

dealing with two different languages here is tricky. You might be asking yourself right now, so what's the solution? What can we do?

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

John: At the core of fighting to understand is asking one another a set of predesigned questions that are designed to get at people's thoughts and feelings

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

I don't know her. But I didn't have any issue asking for that. But I have some family members, that I'm very close to,

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

you people-please to avoid the humiliation of hearing no or asking for what you need and a person basically telling you you're not important enough for that accommodation.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

Now when I arrive, I’m really impressed, because he’s so smart, he’s ambitious, and he's asking questions and interested in things that I'm interested in. So I'm really excited to work with him.

How to Live a Meaningful Life | Brian S. Lowery | TED · TED

when I was buying my house and I was asking my dad for his feedback on everything, and I was just, I needed his approval.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

in a really tough situation. And she was asking for intervention. And there's the worry around teen suicide and just support.