Random Thought on Communication Skills

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

This makes the 2nd time recently, from 2 different people, that I've seen the following:

Must have good communication skills.
Kindly revert as soon as possible.

Is it just me, or does it seem like an oxymoron that they want what they themselves lack?

8 Comments

I'm no communicator, but maybe thats why said person is looking for someone to do his/her communication for them? :-)

Travis - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:15:00 PM
What where they actually trying to say? I guess I don't get it. :D

Phil - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:26:00 PM
They wanted a reply -- I don't think they wanted me to revert back to my former state, whatever that might be. :)

Paul Wilson - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:32:00 PM
Well it's fairly commonly used in (British) business correspondence - meaning approximately "reply on this subject"

Joe - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:38:00 PM
Why do those Brits have to keep corrupting English. :) By the way, I did look up revert on Dictionary.com just to make sure, and there was no usage that was noted that was similar to "reply". I do not know if it has British usage listed or not though.

Paul Wilson - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:44:00 PM
My OED has "to go back to a former subject of discourse" which is close. My accountant uses it in correspondence - I think it's a bit old-fashioned.

Joe - Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:08:00 PM
Hi Srikanth. Am so in tune with your music!! Indian-isms like revert and a whole list of others I've compiled during my 6-year sojourn through english as spoken in India makes me wonder how people view us

Inez - Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:02:00 AM
Srikant - just remembered... what about 'as per' and 'wherein'?

Inez - Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:05:00 AM

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