Revert gets used a lot by IT guys, not just Indians. Its used to mean "go back to the previous version"Strong Eagle wrote:Bullshit! No one in the USA uses revert. You can thank Indians for starting up this nonsensical use of the word. I shit you not. Even highly educated Indians working for Accenture in Singapore and KL continued to use 'revert' in spite of my constant pummeling them for mangling the language.JR8 wrote:'Revert' is (IME) an Americanism that got incorporated into corporate jargon.
Now, it's out of control and I suppose one of these days some stupid dictionary is going to change the meaning of 'revert'.
Uh, that's what revert means: return to (a previous state, practice, topic, etc.). It's correctly used in computing.Wd40 wrote:Revert gets used a lot by IT guys, not just Indians. Its used to mean "go back to the previous version"Strong Eagle wrote:Bullshit! No one in the USA uses revert. You can thank Indians for starting up this nonsensical use of the word. I shit you not. Even highly educated Indians working for Accenture in Singapore and KL continued to use 'revert' in spite of my constant pummeling them for mangling the language.JR8 wrote:'Revert' is (IME) an Americanism that got incorporated into corporate jargon.
Now, it's out of control and I suppose one of these days some stupid dictionary is going to change the meaning of 'revert'.
Ok... well I have. Maybe it was a Wall Street/00's thing, who knows.nakatago wrote: I have never heard any American or anyone speaking American English use "revert" to mean "reply." NEVER.
Well I'm not making it up, I can assure youStrong Eagle wrote: Bullshit! No one in the USA uses revert. You can thank Indians for starting up this nonsensical use of the word. I shit you not. Even highly educated Indians working for Accenture in Singapore and KL continued to use 'revert' in spite of my constant pummeling them for mangling the language. Now, it's out of control and I suppose one of these days some stupid dictionary is going to change the meaning of 'revert'.
/me sends it back unedited...twice.Wd40 wrote:
Can you reeeevrt it back.
Did you hear that? That's the sound of thousands of English speakers clicking on "Reply" immediately followed with a click on "Send".Barnsley wrote:Crikey Moses .....
One of our Customers , a very large global player in Semicon ( I know folks here like an embellish so I though I would go up a notch as MNC or Fortune 500 isnt enough) has sent a "Supplier Auidt" best practice document out to all its suppliers.
It contains the following ...
2. Acknowledgement of receipt of this package with 72hours
-By reverting an email to the sender
What the hell!!! , this is a document thats gone around the world!!!
nakatago wrote:Did you hear that? That's the sound of thousands of English speakers clicking on "Reply" immediately followed with a click on "Send".Barnsley wrote:Crikey Moses .....
One of our Customers , a very large global player in Semicon ( I know folks here like an embellish so I though I would go up a notch as MNC or Fortune 500 isnt enough) has sent a "Supplier Auidt" best practice document out to all its suppliers.
It contains the following ...
2. Acknowledgement of receipt of this package with 72hours
-By reverting an email to the sender
What the hell!!! , this is a document thats gone around the world!!!
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