where did this come from?

[TizzyATX]

You wont ever catch me calling it a "reach" it always bugs me when someone uses it! But thats just me, I will get over it.

its not just you lol

[Rambo]

"cant wait to "reach with mi "peeps"....I know a couple to Jamaicans that would not know what was going on LOL LOL

[BR Mon]

I still don't think we actually decided how it is used as noun rather than a verb...The question is why do folks on this message board call a trip to Jamaica a "reach"...I think reach is a pretty common word and it has nothing to do with patois or Jamaican use as a term...Did you reach the end of the race...Did you reach the final destination, did the package i sent you reach you in time...This is pretty common but the question is why do people call their trip a Reach...I agree with Rambo it just popped up her a few years ago...I did find a book titled "My Reach" a Hudson River Memoir...It is about a Kayak journey up the Hudson...So it appears that the term is not that unique to Jamaica or from patois for that matter. I guess I will just have to think about this until my next REACH.....