'Reaching out '

For the avoidance of doubt.

Instead of, ‘To tell you the truth,’ we get, ‘I’m not gonna lie.’

Experiential learning centres for outdoor activities!

People sharing their journey when they mean their experience. Argh!

The only time I'm going to be reaching out is when I have to stretch to get something from a top shelf at the supermarket.

I don't know when people started "speaking to" but both grammar and word meanings now change so rapidly it can be difficult to keep up.

Films and programmes now drop or have just landed...I wonder if they have parachutes?

Language develops constantly but it seems to have morphed and is being changed for no good reason.

We're also supposedly "excited" to read we have an upcoming appointment.

It appear some people have got rather giddy trying to Americanise UK English when it worked perfectly well as it was.

Sounds like Americanisms, our language is full of them, don’t think it works vice versa though, is probs down to all the films and TV programmes we watch from the US.
A neighbour of mine said ‘I see you’ the other day and I wondered if she had a visual impairment that had been resolved, but she explained that she could see what I was doing for my DH who has had a stroke.
Very strange thing to say.

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Regrettably, I think we just have to put up with the "I'm here for you", "I see where you are coming from" and worst of all "I feel your pain" school of non-communication.

Or we could just say “Blah, blah, blah” to cover them all….

Why isn't the on the pedants thread (just asking!).

We live in a world where everything is less tangible so perhaps it's an effort to recreate connection and more physical communication. Or it could have come from America where they have a lot less subtext so need more ways to say things that we say more directly but with tone, body language and convention playing their part.

People have 'always got your back' too.

Regrettably, I think we just have to put up with the "I'm here for you", "I see where you are coming from" and worst of all "I feel your pain" school of non-communication.

Agree, ridiculous phrase.

Absolutely hate it especially when we are thanked for reaching out and told they will be in touch shortly (and then don't).
Also hate "thankyou for sharing that"

Language changes. I know not how.