If a meeting at 12.00 is moved forward 2 hours

[IliveonCoffee]

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?

10am

10.am What did he say?!

10am

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.

10am

It's at 10.

It's 'preponed'

10am

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

I need to know what his reply was!

10am

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

He said 2pm didn't he

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

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

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?

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

10 am

@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.

10. However I can kind of understand the confusion as when we move.the clocks forward we add an hour.

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

@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.

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

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

10

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