Invite

[GreenHairDontCare]

Why is everyone saying 'invite' when they mean invitation?

And why does it annoy me? I am pretty easily narked tbf but they're all at it.

'I've got an invite to Alysha's party'

'Where did you leave the invite for that wedding?'

'I'm just making the invites for my birthday'

STOP IT. It's an epidemic. I've now banned my family from saying it and they know there will be consequences. I can't bear it.

Has anyone else noticed this? Why is it a thing?

SIL shared a meme on FB. It started "Your my hero..." I can't tell you what the rest said because my brain refused to play ball.
Also invite is indeed annoying.

Softblocks I'm not known for my tact and diplomacy, believe me!! I walked past the double glazing sign several times, asked several people if the spelling was right, just in case, but when the lady who worked there came into my work I had to tell her. They've taken the signs down now!

My SIL is American, she say's pissed not pissed off.

I hate 'that is cringe' NO IT IS CRINGEWORTHY

This thread will kick off though - dyslexia, second language etc etc will be mentioned

I mentally scream the invite thing, up until the MIL wanted me to change the weddin invitations to wedding invites. I very nearly didn't get married.

You say "invite" (stress on first syllable) to show you're down with da yoof.

I think.

Oh my god I've just remembered.

Would of.

"Loosing weight"

Quote used instead of quotation. [/extreme pedantry mode]

Pissed with something is a regular in the area of Dublin i live in. Can't talk for the rest of the country.

"Etc etc."

I had to laugh because my phone always makes an asshole out of me on these types of threads by freezing or randomly changing the spelling at the last moment.

Totally with you on invite/invitation and quote/quotation.

I don't say anything because essentially language is about communication and to be fair I've understood them perfectly well. So the reasonable part of me is saying 'it's fine - it's just our language evolving' while the pedant in me absolutely hates it.

'I led on my bed' Sorry, you did what??

Invite/invitation (and quote/quotation) always grate.

My current bugbear, and it's everywhere, is less/fewer. The other day, I spied a misuse in the middle of a lengthy, informative, articulate post about the GE. I'm not lying when I say that I immediately disregarded the nuanced, intelligent analysis that was proving to be somewhat revelationary because it was clear that the poster could not be trusted.

Less stuff, fewer things. It's not hard.

My stepson says actual when he means actually. You'd think that was bad enough, but no. Recently I saw a FB post by my (much) younger cousin which had the spelling "acho".

I'm in Dublin too...never heard it here at all. Maybe it's the American influence on kids?

Sat and stood misuse. You were not sat there. You were sitting there.

Recommend me. It's recommend to me. I don't know you so I can't recommend you.

Fetch instead of bring. You didn't fetch it with you. You brought it with you.

Loose instead of lose. You are likely to lose the loose belt.

And my personal favourite, insure instead of ensure. You need to ensure you insure your car before driving.

Language is always evolving.

Invite is a noun and a verb

Scrumple - it's a commonly accepted colloquialism to use it as a noun. That makes it perfectly reasonable to use in informal speech or writing. However, if speaking or writing formally, the more "correct" term (invitation) should be used.

That said, invite doesn't bother me at all, unless it's in a piece of formal writing. There are, however, plenty of other language abuses that annoy me

I've found my people.

I also hate people who say "Can I get....?" in a cafe.

Unless you're actually asking to go behind the counter, operate the coffee machine, pour yourself a cup and then emerge from behind the counter then no, you can't "get". You can "have" but you can't "get".

Twat.

TheWhiteRose Oh my God, my DH says that all the time. I correct him. he insists it's fine. "I was led down". FUCK OFF.

I hate people who don't know the difference between fewer than and less than.

I also hate people who say "different to" or "different than". No. it's "different from". I know this is debatable but it fucks me right off.

MineralWater surely it should be "Please may I have ..." :-)

I think "Can I get ..." is an American import.

Another one who wants to puke when I hear gifting or gift used as a verb.

Also, the use of his in place of he's is more common than necessary. 'His such a good boy' 'his working hard'.