What does it mean when someone avoids answering a question?

What does it mean when someone avoids answering a question?

Question dodging is a rhetorical technique involving the intentional avoidance of answering a question. This can lead the person questioned to be accused of “dodging the question”. In the context of political discourse, evasion is a technique of equivocation that is important for face management.

How do you respond to a rude question?

Here are some examples of how to respond:

1. ”Why would you ask such a rude question?”
2. ”I have a policy not to discuss that topic with anyone it doesn’t concern.”
3. Pause, smile, and say, “Did you really just ask me that?”
4. ”I’m not even touching that topic.
5. ”Do you realize how rude that question is?”

Why do people ask questions that have no answer?

It’s pretty obvious that most people ask questions on the Internet when they don’t understand something and they want to know the answer. But it’s also common for people to ask questions that have no answer, or to get external validation.

Why do people say Look all the time?

Well, let’s zoom the picture back a little and think about this. Linguists and psychologists have introduced us what they refer to as the ‘representational systems’. They tell us that people are prone to express their feelings, attitudes, opinions and more through the use of one of three ‘representational systems’.

Do you know the answer to that question?

Yes, No, I Don’t Know, Dude, LOL. If so, it’s probably not a question that’s going to get a great answer. Most questions asked on the Internet can, actually, be answered fully by most of of those choices.

What do people say when there is something wrong with them?

They might be prickly, sad, cold or cranky and when you ask if there’s something wrong, the answer will likely be ‘nothing’ – but they’ll give you just enough to let you know that there’s something. The ‘just enough’ might be a heaving sigh, a raised eyebrow, a cold shoulder.