What do you call a person who has a habit of answering a question with another q

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   Literary Geishaposted 12 years ago

   What do you call a person who has a habit of answering a question with another question?
   
   Or how would you describe him/her in 2 words max.

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   RyanBudaposted 12 years ago

   I'd call them:
   
   question dodger, manipulator,  blame deflector, or simply passive aggressive
   
   I could go on and on. That's a huge pet peeve of mine.

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      Literary Geishaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      thanks. there's a term for that in our language, but when translated in English somehow loses its context, hence this question.

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      RyanBudaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's really interesting. I will study linguistics and second language teaching in the fall so i'm a nerd about that stuff.
      
      English doesn't have one word for that. "Retort" is close but isn't a noun to describe a person and can be a compliment

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   TajmaHillposted 12 years ago

   2 words max= "Question Questioners!"
   
   I would deem these people as "Contemplative Procrastinators". These people ask a question in the process of attempting to answer the question, possibly to gather further information from the original answer seekers motive, thought/feeling processes. This skill (if you'd like to call it that) also enables more time for the person to contemplate a more concise, accurate, or intricate answer.
   
   In some instances, people ask further questions to avoid having to answer an uncomfortable question, or one that may be over their head. There are too many people who are not honest enough to say that they don't know, or don't know, but are willing to find out. If something is too personal, say so! (Minding one's own business is still legal. LOL!)

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      Literary Geishaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      i would probably agree with you, if the answers these "question questioners" gave didn't sound like they were merely uncertain or were contemplating. more often they're smart alecky (smart alec is the closest i could get, but i found it too broad).

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   Conservative Ladyposted 12 years ago

   I tried to type a one word answer but HubPages tells me that answer is too short so I had to type all of this junk too. lol
   
   I would call them - Annoying!

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      Literary Geishaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      LOL, yes they are that!

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