Timeline for Asking a person for their name
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| Jan 22, 2014 at 7:26 | comment | added | oerkelens | @TylerJamesYoung - Yes, those forms I have heard as well, spoken by the waiter who would inform me when a table would be available. Most people would consider that a formal situation. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 20:31 | history | edited | mplungjan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 21, 2014 at 20:02 | comment | added | Tyler James Young | I've certainly heard “may I have your name?” (as well as “can I get your name?”) in informal situations where that person is about to write down my name (waiting for a table at a diner, for example). | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 20:00 | comment | added | mplungjan | Amended the word grammatical | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 19:59 | history | edited | mplungjan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 21, 2014 at 19:41 | comment | added | choster | And on the telephone, on a business call, May I ask who's calling? or May I ask who's speaking? or even Who shall I say is calling? if taking a message for a third party. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 19:26 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jan 21, 2014 at 17:32 | history | answered | mplungjan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |