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Aibu to think my DH bought the wrong card?

86 replies

nutellacrumpet · 19/12/2015 16:37

My DH has bought his parents a card from our children, but it says 'To Great Grandparents at Christmas.'

I told him he had bought the wrong card. They are our children's Grandparents not Great Grandparents. He says it means 'Great' as in wonderful, amazing etc not the parents of one's Grandparents. Surely he is wrong and I am right?

Aibu to think my DH bought the wrong card?
OP posts:
Madbengalmum · 19/12/2015 16:59

If it was for great-grandparents it would say to my/our but as it doesnt it only grammatically makes sense to be for grandparents who are great!

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 19/12/2015 17:01

Well according to Clintons it's for your great-grandparents

yes that's right Raptor has nothing better to do today Xmas Wink

Birdsgottafly · 19/12/2015 17:03

It means your parents Grandparents, you are right.

Those saying that it would be hyphenated or written differently, obviously don't look through the range in discount/cheap card shops, which is how they are written.

I would be happy to get it, I'm a Nan, so I'd let it go.

Fannyupcrutch · 19/12/2015 17:06

Hubby is right, it is great (awesome) grand parents. If it was to great-grandparents it would have a first person singular pronoun before it such as "my" or it would have a plural pronoun such as "our" to show ownership. In this context the great is an adjective and also an intensifier.

That is why cards are normally addressed to " for MY husband" and not just plain old "husband". Husband could be anybody's, the "for my" shows ownership.

happyjustobeme · 19/12/2015 17:06

I think you're right. There is more of a trend in cards to just name the recipient on the front of the card, than to give a description of the recipient.

Dandelionandburdock1 · 19/12/2015 17:07

Not as bad as my friends DH who bought a card from their children on Mothers Day which read "You're like a mother to me" (she IS!!)

Bakeoffcake · 19/12/2015 17:08

I think you're wrong OP.

It says "To Great Grandparents At Christmas" meaning they are super grandparents.

It would say "To my Great-Grandparents" otherwise.

Nicky333 · 19/12/2015 17:09

Your DH is right. It would be hyphenated and to reiterate another poster's comment, there wouldn't be a card that said 'To husband' or 'To wife', would there?

marcopront · 19/12/2015 17:20

This reminds me of when my niece was born. I said to my uncle "So you're a great uncle now". He smiled and said "Wasn't I always?"

thecitydoc · 19/12/2015 17:24

you are wrong - great-grandparents in hyphenated

happyjustobeme · 19/12/2015 17:25

Thinking about this some more and I still think you're right. As the font and style of Great is the same as Grandparents, and the remainder of the writing is in a different font, style and colour. Which suggests to me that the Great and a Grandparents go together, like, you know 'great grandparents'.

Keep the faith, OP. Stay strong.

Sameshitdiffname · 19/12/2015 17:25

At first I thought he was right but I googled it

www.clintoncards.co.uk/cute-great-grandparents-boofle-christmas-card

You're right if you read the description 'Great Grandparents' rather than 'great'

Great is starting to look like a weird word after this thread

coffeetasteslikeshit · 19/12/2015 17:27

Raptor's right, it's for great - grandparents but someone at Clinton has poor grammar skills.
You often see cards with just Grandma or Grandpa on the front and this is just the same, but for great - grandparents.

Sameshitdiffname · 19/12/2015 17:28

X post with raptor only just realised.

Sleep dep is making me very stupid

Twinklestein · 19/12/2015 17:29

This is definitely for great-grandparents. But personally I'm more concerned by the knitted things on the sofa.

iklboo · 19/12/2015 17:29

MIL bought DS a 'to my great grandson' card. She thought it meant great as in fab, not great as in the offspring of my grandchild.

OhBigHairyBollocks · 19/12/2015 17:31

I sell this card for a living- you are right, he is wrong. But- a very easy mistake to make. I'm sure they wont mind Smile

ozymandiusking · 19/12/2015 17:32

I did this when buying a card for our Grandson, It said Great Grandson, I thought it meant great in how wonderful he was. Only realised when I got home, went back and bought the correct one, ie Grandson!

happyinherts · 19/12/2015 17:38

It's obviously designed to be great grandparents as in parents of grandparents - Clintons commissioned it as such according to their website.

However, it's very ambiguous isn't it? I'd pick it up off a shelf and think it was parents of grandparents rather than great (awesome, wonderful, etc)

SoupDragon · 19/12/2015 17:40

It's obviously designed to be great grandparents as in parents of grandparents

I would say it's not obvious at all going by this thread! :o

Fannyupcrutch · 19/12/2015 17:44

Clintons can have commissioned it to be for whoever they want, the simple fact is that the wording is grammatically incorrect for the target audience it was designed for. They need to employ somebody with a sound knowledge of grammar to approve their cards. ( I am looking for a job Clintons :grin: )

laylabelle · 19/12/2015 17:44

Either way theyre great :-D

Oldraver · 19/12/2015 17:45

I've done this and so has my DS with a card with Great-Grandad on it

Goingtobeawesome · 19/12/2015 17:53

You are right.

Keep it for when your kids have kids Grin.

HortonWho · 19/12/2015 17:53

No, that's just Clinton's search engine / database getting it wrong. It is for fab grandparents rather than great-grandparents.

This is how they spell a "Great granddaughter "