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"you are most cordially incited..." OR "you are most xordially invited..."

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Greythorne · 07/02/2012 20:09

both sound odd but maybe I am in too deep.....

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Greythorne · 07/02/2012 20:09

Fuck

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Invited and Cordially

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CalatalieSisters · 07/02/2012 20:10

I would LOVE to be "cordially incited". It sounds like a very polite exhortation to go rioting.

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ThePieSmuggler · 07/02/2012 20:11

Um, I may be being dim but aren't they the same?

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LeBOF · 07/02/2012 20:11

Start the whole thing again please, I'm lost

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SwedishEdith · 07/02/2012 20:11

Neither. No-one says "cordially" ever.

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Greythorne · 07/02/2012 20:13

Fuck and double fuck

Ok

Here's the real question:

"you are most cordially invited..."

OR

"you are invited most cordially..."

More haste, less speed.

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OtterNonsense · 07/02/2012 20:13

Calatalie, darling, why don't you smash that jeweller's window? You know you want to, and I'm sure they won't mind. No, please, after you, I insist.

That sort of thing?

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yellowraincoat · 07/02/2012 20:15

"You are invited" - anything else sounds horribly non-U.

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AgentProvocateur · 07/02/2012 20:15

You are cordially invited, although as someone upthread said, it's a bit old-fashioned. If it's a formal event I'd put "Blah-blah is delighted to invite you..."