A FrequencyCast gold star for the best use of ‘Plane Engrrish’ goes to Barnetts Solicitors, in Southport.
One of our team moved house recently, and was persuaded to make use of this nationwide solicitors service, as opposed to using a trusty local firm of solicitors – all to save a few bucks. Apparently, you’re assigned a number, given access to call centre staff for when you need to chase them, and the move appears to be handled with the aid of a computer assisted flow chart. Apparently, he’s learnt his lesson, and won’t be doing that again.
Anyway – today, a letter, and a cheque, plopped onto his mat:
Always nice to get a refund, but the reason: “in respect of an update” is hardly informative.
It was the last line that got us though:
“We will revert back to you upon registration”.
Any clues, anyone?
“Revert” in a legal sense, is defined as “to go back”, which means that the “back” is superflous. So, Barnetts will get back back to us once something has been registered. It’s unclear what is going to be registered, and by whom.
Is this some legal expression that we’re not familiar with, or just a very odd way of trying to be clever at the end of a letter.
Comments please…