What we say: (Wheedling voice, rising to a squeak at the end) "Would you do that for me?"
What we don't say: I'm a nurse and I need to tell you to do something that you're really not going to like.
What we mean: By wording it as a favour to me I'm embarrassing you into agreeing, and by using a childish voice I'm pretending I'm your mother and you're 5 years old.
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