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  • 16-06-2013 1:30pm
    #1
    Jimmy 5F
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 122 ✭✭


    Say there is an event scheduled 3 months in the future. If the event was moved forward do you think the event is now closer or further away.

    I always considered it further away as the forward direction of time is into the future so if an event is moved forward it should be further away.


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  • #2
    AndyMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 441 ✭✭AndyMc


    Closer. Its moved forward up the list.


  • #3
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Brought forward


  • #4
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Going forward.


  • #5
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    It's just been revoked...


  • #6
    crazy cabbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭crazy cabbage


    moved forward = closer to now


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  • #7
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Trying to be all deep n shyt. Are you drunk?


  • #8
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Jimmy 5F wrote: »
    Say there is an event scheduled 3 months in the future. If the event was moved forward do you think the event is now closer or further away.

    I always considered it further away as the forward direction of time is into the future so if an event is moved forward it should be further away.


    This always confuses me too, tbh. Have to give myself a second to think it's actually the apposite of what I'm thinking. My hair is blonde btw.


  • #9
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    further away? ..no idea..


  • #10
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    Depends on the size.
    Some events are small, some are far away.


  • #11
    Jimmy 5F
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 122 ✭✭Jimmy 5F


    efb wrote: »
    Brought forward

    What about moved forward, which way is that?


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  • #12
    Jimmy 5F
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 122 ✭✭Jimmy 5F


    looking_around wrote: »
    further away? ..no idea..

    Further away means at a more distant point in the future.


  • #13
    apollo8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭apollo8


    None of this explains when NEXT Thursday is.


  • #14
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Jimmy 5F wrote: »
    Further away means at a more distant point in the future.

    I was commenting on "brought forward = further away" ..and that really I had no idea :rolleyes:


  • #15
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    What about Bi-Weekly/Bi-Monthly?


  • #16
    Ava_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Ava_e


    Other ones I don't like "quarter of an hour, next fortnight, three quarters of an hour". I always have to stop for a second when people say them.


  • #17
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Alter-Ego wrote: »
    What about Bi-Weekly/Bi-Monthly?

    bi weekly = twice a week
    bi monthly = twice a month


  • #18
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    looking_around wrote: »
    bi weekly = twice a week
    bi monthly = twice a month

    biannual? ;-)


  • #19
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    testicle wrote: »
    biannual? ;-)

    twice a year..

    I think I'm missing some joke:confused:


  • #20
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    looking_around wrote: »
    bi weekly = twice a week
    bi monthly = twice a month
    In my experience, it can also be used the other way. As in, every second week/month.


  • #21
    crazy cabbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭crazy cabbage


    Alter-Ego wrote: »
    In my experience, it can also be used the other way. As in, every second week/month.

    that would be once a forthnight or every forthnight


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  • #22
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    crazy cabbage wrote: »
    that would be once a forthnight or every forthnight
    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bimonthly


  • #23
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Alter-Ego wrote: »
    In my experience, it can also be used the other way. As in, every second week/month.

    I've never seen it that way.
    ..but..according to the dictionary both are are correct... thats ..confusing..


  • #24
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    My head hurts


  • #25
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Brought forward - closer
    Put back - further away
    Moved forward - A chair


  • #26
    meath4sam2k1
    Site Banned Posts: 9 ✭meath4sam2k1


    Bi-mon-Sci-fi-Con?


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