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In my experience people receive it better when I preface the "How long" with a "Just curious," or some such thereof. Results may vary.
Go full robot: "Estimated timescale for the completion of this task?". I doubt they'll get annoyed at that, might just find it funny, or weird. no, definitely wierd.
Yes ! 🙏🏼 (I don't know where I fit in all this, but) I have been opting more and more for sentences that mimic my mental model of things- with added sugar to make it palatable to most. My intentions are less often mistaken, I think. But more importantly I am happier. Because that's a whole "abstraction layer", so to say, shed off my mind