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To think that gift is a noun...

60 replies

madcatwoman61 · 16/01/2017 14:33

and not a verb - any other pedants out there who get unreasonably annoyed by things like this? Also farewelled.

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treaclesoda · 16/01/2017 14:37

Also 'action'. I hate it when you get a letter from the bank or something and they say 'my colleague will action that' or some such crap.

dovesong · 16/01/2017 14:45

I've never heard "farewelled" but it doesn't really bother me. Language changes over time and there's no right answer.

hesterton · 16/01/2017 14:49

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MitzyLeFrouf · 16/01/2017 14:54

I do find it a bit wanky when someone says 'I was gifted this book/perfume etc.'. Just say you got it as a present!

Another one that bothers me is this new trend for this present continuous tense eg 'I'm loving xyz'.

I blame McDonalds.

Floggingmolly · 16/01/2017 14:57

God, yes. On the "action" one; I had a boss once who would demand to know if you'd actioned all your actions when he saw you leaving the building. Simpleton.

Andrewofgg · 16/01/2017 15:05

madcatwoman61 You are right. Loan is not a verb either. But we are all (if you will excuse a male metaphor Smile) pissing into the wind.

Andrewofgg · 16/01/2017 15:07

MitzyLeFrouf I blame Brexit.

Andylion · 16/01/2017 15:32

Andrewofgg Loan is not a verb either.

Agh! I hear that all the time as I work in a library. I suppose it's better than those patrons who ask if they can "rent" a book.

CaoNiMa · 16/01/2017 16:42

"Feedback" is a word I see far too often. EVERYTHING requires feedback these days. I'd not be surprised to receive an email after taking a shit asking for feedback on the toilet...

AuntieStella · 16/01/2017 16:56

OED lists 'gift' as a verb going back to the 17th century, 'action' since the mid 18th century

Gadzooks - 'tis hard to keep apace with such neologisms!

LaurieMarlow · 16/01/2017 17:00

Language changes and develops. That's the nature of it.

WilburIsSomePig · 16/01/2017 17:05

I know what you mean but so mean words seem to be used in different ways now than when I was at school. No one would ever have said that something had been 'gifted' to them. Sounded wanky then and it does now! Grin

Somerville · 16/01/2017 17:09

Inbox me hun.

WanderingNotLost · 16/01/2017 17:12

"Invite" is a verb. I did not send an invite, I sent a fucking invitation.

and breeeeeeeeathe...

SittingDrinkingTea · 16/01/2017 17:17

She did awesome!

He did fantastic!

Gnnnerr-gnashhh (sound of my teeth grinding).

sonyaya · 16/01/2017 17:18

YANBU! It really annoyed me. Just say "give" instead of gift and "gave" instead of gifted. I find it a crude Americanism.

Stilltryingtobeme · 16/01/2017 17:18

Another one for language development here. I was a bit of a grammar Nazi until I did languages at uni as a mature student. Changed my mind!

NannyOggsKnickers · 16/01/2017 17:20

Alas, it was ever thus. Most of the language in use today developed from something else. If you're interested watch Anne Curzon's TED talk about what makes a word real.

ivykaty44 · 16/01/2017 17:20

I learned him that

Rather than

I taught him that

Or I borrowed him some money, instead of lent him money

TaggieRR · 16/01/2017 17:21

How about regifted?!

lifetothefull · 16/01/2017 17:21

Journey is also a noun. I don't like it as a verb.

Oneiroi · 16/01/2017 17:21

YANBU. It is very irritating.

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 16/01/2017 17:24

Diary is one I keep hearing bring used as a verb.

I'll diary that.

50 shades of wrong. Sad

corythatwas · 16/01/2017 17:28

snort at AuntieStella

Lweji · 16/01/2017 17:28

If you were really pedantic you'd have checked and seen that <a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=grammarist.com/usage/gift/&ved=0ahUKEwiCnMftl8fRAhWHSBQKHfufCokQFgh6MAE&usg=AFQjCNErUyEm3AZc7XmRmEtlqWWRs3T1rQ&sig2=8eWjCUvAQzWxPYfEsIzj7A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">it has been used as a verb for centuries