You're kindly invited to....

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What does this mean?

I keep getting messages from my GP inviting me to their Wellness day.

Are they being kind in inviting me? Are they asking me to be kind and go?

Presumably, it's a bulk message and 'kindly' means that they aren't inviting you personally for any specific medical reason.

It’s the weird newish use of the word. I frequently get messages kindly requesting or kindly reminding me about something.

It's poor grammar, of course, and simply another reason not to attend 🤣

I got invited to one of these and it was hosted in a centre next to the food bank in a medium sized room. It was utterly rammed with people coughing and spluttering.

I backed out slowly.

It’s not newish, my mum used to write that in letters to my primary school and I’m 40 in a few months.

It's quite a traditional wording. Not "new" at all.

How interesting. I only remember it as 'would you kindly do this?' Or 'Anne has kindly done that' . Not ' kindly invited'.

Its just one those generic terms ,like when you get emails signed off with kind regards when the person sending it isn't being kind at all.

Yes, I'm in my mid-fifties and this language from doctors, schools etc has always been in use.

But it has a correct usage too, when making a request, which was presumably what your mother was doing if it was in a letter to school eg 'Kindly allow Amy to leave school at 2 pm tomorrow for a dentist's appointment.'

I've seen kindly used in requests and sign offs often. I haven't seen kindly invited.

Only for requests.

So the OP's GP could have correctly said 'Kindly let the practice know if you plan to attend our wellness day on March 28th by phoning XXXX.'

Whoever wrote it is just being illiterate.

I agree with this.

Not really no.

My primary school letters to my parents used to read

"You are kindly invited to the PTA annual dinner and dance".

I think at some point they may have switched from 'cordially' invited, as they might've thought it less formal sounding?

Maybe the practice get a payment if you attend and its their way of saying PLEASE come in so we get money? 🤷‍♀️

This is correct usage. It always had been. "You are kindly invited" has appeared on invitations for centuries.

Not saying you are wrong, but I've only seen 'cordially invited.' Perhaps it is regional.

It's not regional.

How do you mean? Do you mean 'kindly invited' is used everywhere? I've never heard it until today.

Well it's been used for centuries, with no particular regional connotations imo.

Do a Google. You'll get thousands and thousands of instances 😀

"You are kindly invited to...", "Mrs and Mrs So and So kindly invite you...", etc etc.

I've done a quick Google and only found 'you are kindly invited' in US and Indian phraseology. The form 'Amy kindly invited me' is there of course. 'Cordially invited' is suggested as an alternative by Wikipaedia.
Google has its own algorithms of course for what it shows. I don't want an argument about it - it's just interesting.

I think it's intended to be polite, but actually ISN'T polite, when you think about it logically.

So they think they're being kind in offering you an invitation? Patronising at best.

As pp have said, it seems as though they're getting mixed up with other uses of the word "kindly," and assuming it's just a random word which signifies politeness. Not thinking about the actual meaning of the sentence.

I wouldn't mind being "cordially" invited to something.

I'd be interested to see evidence of this.