I have seen the word “revert” being used in India and Ireland by many people instead of the word “reply” - I saw that used first by couple of Indians and then by an Irish person. However that is a wrong usage. Probably some stupid thought that it is more professional to use the word revert instead of reply. And the rest started using the same thing.
As hploh pointed out in link ( dictionary.reference.com/browse/revert ) meaning of revert is to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc. Mostly this is used in the software world to represent the rollback to a previous version (E.g. 3).
E.g.:
- A witch turned a princess to a frog. But, when the prince kissed the frog, it reverted to the princess form.
- When the sun rises, the werewolf reverts to its human form.
- Due to significant problems in the version 3.2, Microsoft reverted the popular Microsoft Excel software to version 3.1.
“Revert to me with the details” literally means I am asking you carry that details and become me (probably by drinking a magic potion or by the kiss of a prince LOL). That definitely sounds stupid.
References:
wsu.edu/~brians/errors/revert.html
goodenglish.org.sg/site/tips … evert.html
Hari Gangadharan