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This topic has 58 replies, 31 voices, and was last updated 13 January 2023 at 19:58 by mark costello 1.

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11 January 2023 at 22:30 #628729
Anonymous
I do not "reach out to" people.

I "contact" them.

Thank you.
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11 January 2023 at 22:30 #37101
Anonymous
11 January 2023 at 22:40 #628730
Baz
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I am intrigued, what has bought this about then? Am I missing something?
11 January 2023 at 22:43 #628732
Nigel Graham 2
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????

[Signed] Baffled of Weymouth
11 January 2023 at 22:48 #628734
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 11/01/2023 22:30:45:

I do not "reach out to" people.

I "contact" them.

Thank you.

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Interesting … I find that reaching out is often the precursor to contact [simple mechanics]

MichaelG.
11 January 2023 at 22:57 #628736
Hopper
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I don't even contact them. I phone them or email them or once upon a time, wrote them a letter.
11 January 2023 at 23:05 #628737
Nick Wheeler
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Posted by Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 11/01/2023 22:30:45:

I do not "reach out to" people.

I "contact" them.

Thank you.

If you think 'reaching out' is bad, wait until somebody 'reverts back' to you. That will really set you off
11 January 2023 at 23:17 #628742
Hopper
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@hopper
"Reverts back"??? Haven't come across that one. Wasn't aware I had undergone a metamorphosis into someone else. Very Kafkaesque.
12 January 2023 at 00:31 #628750
Peter Krogh
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@peterkrogh76576
Exactly what I think when I hear about "reaching out…" !! I guess the new crowd think our old language isn't sufficient any more…
12 January 2023 at 04:59 #628752
duncan webster 1
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Posted by Nigel Graham 2 on 11/01/2023 22:43:33:

????

[Signed] Baffled of Weymouth

Ginge and whinge? Otherwise known as Harry and Megan
12 January 2023 at 05:10 #628754
Hopper
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I have several times noticed news reporters ending a story saying they "reached out to" someone but received no comment. Sounds pretentious to me. And pretty sure it would have got me a large red "F" on any assignment in Journalism 301 at uni.
12 January 2023 at 09:09 #628776
larry phelan 1
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I wish someone would "Reach out " to me !

I,m not too fussy which part of me they want to " contact", or should that be "impact"

Seems like we have an a lot to learn still. Very hard to keep up with the "In" words these days.
12 January 2023 at 09:18 #628777
Michael Gilligan
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So much more than mere ‘contact’

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 12/01/2023 09:21:53
12 January 2023 at 09:33 #628780
Nicholas Farr
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Hi MichaelG, good choice of a song, really good group, one of my favourites.

Regards Nick.
12 January 2023 at 09:50 #628784
Nick Wheeler
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Posted by Hopper on 11/01/2023 23:17:56:

"Reverts back"??? Haven't come across that one. Wasn't aware I had undergone a metamorphosis into someone else. Very Kafkaesque.

Lucky you. When you do, it will probably be in an Indian accent.

These are all used by people who don't understand that using more, or more complicated words instead of simple constructions doesn't not make them appear cleverer.
12 January 2023 at 09:55 #628787
Circlip
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But we're constantly being told (Usually by people that carn't spull) that English is an evolving language.

Regards Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 12/01/2023 09:59:22
12 January 2023 at 10:09 #628794
Mick B1
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'Reverts back' is a tautology, just as 'reverts forward' would be an oxymoron.

Plus 'revert' properly means to return to a previously-existing status or condition, not reply to a reach-out. Whatever that may be.

Edited By Mick B1 on 12/01/2023 10:10:16
12 January 2023 at 10:11 #628795
Nick Wheeler
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Posted by Circlip on 12/01/2023 09:55:28:

But we're constantly being told (Usually by people that carn't spull) that English is an evolving language.

Of course it is. But evolution isn't always a good thing, or easy to watch. Just look at how uninformed use of what used to be precise words has thoroughly devalued them; the man with a hammer and two screwdrivers who can't fix your washing machine isn't an engineer, even though his employer calls him that.
12 January 2023 at 11:47 #628822
Nick Wheeler
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Posted by Mick B1 on 12/01/2023 10:09:34:

'Reverts back' is a tautology, just as 'reverts forward' would be an oxymoron.

Plus 'revert' properly means to return to a previously-existing status or condition, not reply to a reach-out. Whatever that may be.

You're trying to apply logic and a traditional English vocabulary to it.

Which is wrong, because in this case revert back is used instead of reply. Hence the nails down a blackboard reaction.
12 January 2023 at 12:18 #628827
Brian G
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@briang
Posted by Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 11/01/2023 22:30:45:

I do not "reach out to" people.

I "contact" them.

Thank you.

To me "reach out" implies groping in the dark (but not the fun kind).

Brian G
12 January 2023 at 13:16 #628842
blowlamp
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"Now available for 'pre-order'."
12 January 2023 at 13:59 #628847
Bazyle
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@bazyle
The optics of this seem wrong but I need to curate the below comments before I can revert to them.
12 January 2023 at 14:08 #628848
larry phelan 1
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The one I like is the guy who is known as a "High Powered Team Leader" [HP or KW ? ]. these people dont have meetings with their "Teams", they have "Face Time " ! Since many of them talk through their butt, the meetings must be very interesting indeed.

Roll on the next buzz words !

PS, I forgot about "Touch Base", but I suppose that,s old had by now.
12 January 2023 at 14:15 #628849
Nigel Bennett
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..and don't talk to me about "Workshops" unless they've got lathes and things in them.
12 January 2023 at 14:20 #628850
Harry Wilkes
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"Reach out, come on girl, reach on out for me
Reach out, reach out for me
I'll be there,"

Four Tops 1967

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