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If a meeting at 12.00 is moved forward 2 hours

177 replies

IliveonCoffee · 18/11/2020 21:55

What time is the meeting?

I saw this somewhere else. I've just asked my partner....I'm horrified --slightly dramatic- at his response!

What time do you think the meeting is?

OP posts:
DelphineWalsh · 18/11/2020 21:56

10am

StillMedusa · 18/11/2020 21:56

10.am What did he say?!

MysweetAudrina · 18/11/2020 21:56

10am

camelfinger · 18/11/2020 21:56

I believe it should be 10am but I have to force myself to think that, as moving something forward is going into the future in my mind.

LutherRalph1 · 18/11/2020 21:57

10am

Palavah · 18/11/2020 21:57

It's at 10.

It's 'preponed'

WhatKatyDidNxt · 18/11/2020 21:58

10am

Frazzled13 · 18/11/2020 21:58

10am, because the opposite would be pushing the meeting back, which would definitely be moving it later.

Groovee · 18/11/2020 21:58

I need to know what his reply was!

NiceTwin · 18/11/2020 21:58

10am

BecomeStronger · 18/11/2020 21:58

Yes 10am. I struggle with moving it back being +2hrs though, which makes no sense at all Grin

Stationfork · 18/11/2020 21:58

He said 2pm didn't he

PegasusReturns · 18/11/2020 21:59

10am

I’m of the school of thought that if you bring something forward you bring it closer to you.

The opposite would be to push it back. If you push a meeting back 2 hours it’s later, in this case 2pm.

Obviously I think people that feel the opposite are weirdos Grin

Bobkitten · 18/11/2020 21:59

10am. But had this exact same issue a couple of weeks ago at work when I asked for a meeting to be brought forward by 1 hour and the meeting was moved 1 hour later in the day!
Asked my DH and to my surprise found out that he sees moving a meeting forward as moving it forward into the future (i.e. later. To me, it means bringing it forward towards me in time (i.e. earlier)

Frazzled13 · 18/11/2020 22:02

@Frazzled13

10am, because the opposite would be pushing the meeting back, which would definitely be moving it later.
Although, I do agree it could be confusing. Clocks changing is described as the opposite isn’t it? In spring the clocks go forwards, and we skip an hour?
DangerMouse17 · 18/11/2020 22:02

10am but it should be "brought forward" rather than moved forward. That helps the brain get it right I think!

Redcrayons · 18/11/2020 22:03

10 am

StanfordPines · 18/11/2020 22:05

@Palavah

It's at 10.

It's 'preponed'

I had a heated discussion with a colleague about ‘preponed’. She swore up and down it was a word. Turns out it is in Indian English.

And yes 10am.

LaChatte · 18/11/2020 22:07
  1. However I can kind of understand the confusion as when we move.the clocks forward we add an hour.
Palavah · 18/11/2020 22:07

@StanfordPines it always makes me smile. Along with 'kindly do the needful' which is more poetic than 'can you sort please - ta'

ArosGartref · 18/11/2020 22:07

@DangerMouse17

10am but it should be "brought forward" rather than moved forward. That helps the brain get it right I think!
I agree.

Preponed sounds dirty.

LaChatte · 18/11/2020 22:08

Although by adding an hour we actually lose an hour. Ok now I've confused myself.

MeOnSea · 18/11/2020 22:08

I’m with Oliver Burkeman on this one: move forward (push the time ‘away’). Also the 10am to me contradicts the spring forward/fall back concept with clocks changing:

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/13/time-move-meeting-forward-oliver-burkeman

GaryTheDemon · 18/11/2020 22:09

10

overnightangel · 18/11/2020 22:10

See I would say “bring the meeting forward”, you’re bringing it towards you so it’s closer. Much less ambiguous

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