scared to ask her

[MadHorse]

I read in an interview, film director Ang Lee says he never asked the author of Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx, why she called it 'Brokeback'; he says, “I was scared to ask her.”

I think I often heard " I dare not ask..." and " I was afraid to ask...", but am not sure I've heard "I was scared to ask..." used in the same circumstances; are these three exactly the same?

Thanks.

[hobbes]

I would say you are correct, they all mean the same.

[MadHorse]

Thanks hobbes.

I have another comment on the film's name.
It's absurd to look for grarmmar lessons in a film's name, but for grammatical correctness, they should have had a past participle modifying "back": "brokenback mountain", don't you think?!

[Tdol]

You're right.

[MadHorse]

Thanks hobbes.

I have another comment on the film's name.
It's absurd to look for grarmmar lessons in a film's name, but for grammatical correctness, they should have had a past participle modifying "back": "brokenback mountain", don't you think?!

Hehe, talk about grammatical correctness!