Invites!!!!!

Shrug.

I used to think I was pedantic about diction. That was until I came on Gransnet.

Language is about communicating in ways others understand. It's obvious what "an invite" is.

Shrug again.

No, it's never bothered me either. I've just looked it up though, and apparently invite has been used as a noun in England since the seventeenth century. Presumably it fell out of use and is now back in. I'd say it was just a more informal version of invitation.

Invitations or invites, I'm just happy to get them!

Hating 'invite' as a noun, I also intensely like the overuse, and often incorrectly, of the word 'transportation' in place of transport. Now if only our US friends would cut the 'ation' on one and add it to the other I'd be SO much happier!

Has never bothered me, either. But can understand why the (mis) use of language grates. I ration what annoys me, so as not to be up in arms much of the time!

I too hate "babes" I'm not your "babes", I do get cross about the way some words have become part of our language, my pet hate is "do the math" - no it's MATHS - I was taught Maths at school not Math.

I must admit invite doesn't bother me - I don't get many

Things that may bother others are the way you're addressed - I tend to call people "love" (Yorkshire Lass), down here in Devon it's "maid" which is ok, "my lover" I hate, I'm not!!! but "my lovely" Somerset & Devon is fine by me

I always thought of invite being lazy speech, as Uni, sarnie etc as someone mentioned. Overall though I wouldn't let anything like that bother me EXCEPT the use of lend instead of borrow - as eg ''Can I lend your pen'' - grrr.

'Invite' doesn't worry me - the words that really get my goat are 'authored', 'medalled', the use of 'myself' instead of 'me' or 'I'. also hate 'shout out'.

I know I'm turning into a grumpy old bag but frankly I'm beyond caring now

aduanas Don't forget piccies! I think that's probably replaced photies now LOL!

gran5up I didn't have a clue what a sarni or buttie was till I moved here. How you get sarni or buttie/butty out of a sandwich escapes me.

NannyKasey I will add another weird one, disrespect as a verb. It's not the same as saying the opposite of I respect you.

And the wrong spelling of definite... it is NOT definate, but I see it's almost common now.

Oh dear, best stop. The OP probably did not intend for all this venting, but it feels good!

I loathe 'invite' too; unfortunately my brainfog is fast descending this afternoon, otherwise I am sure I could think of many other words that irritate or even flat out annoy me!

I hate the use of "Brits" instead of British. My biggest gripe however is people qualifying unique, Something is unique or it isn't , hearing "quite unique or very unique" drives me mad!

I am not bothered whether I have an invitation or an invite - what I dislike is the word "wiv" instead of with, and when men insist on telling everyone about their "prostrate" trouble...

"Bear me a minute" anyone?

What about that rather superior young woman on the TV advertisement for some computer or other who says that she has 'summitted' Everest?
Surely one reaches the summit, or attains the summit. I know that I'm an old pedant, but this one really grates on me!
Maybe I'm just jealous, because I find it difficult even to 'summit' the stairs to my flat!

Well ladies, I think "sarnie" originates from my home Town Liverpool, its been used there for years, the same for "lippy".Had to laugh when my Husband, from Sweden, asked for "sarnies" at a place, he thought this was the correct word, the gentleman serving politely said " do you mean sandwiches Sir"
I like an invitation!

I think we've all been here before. Isn't there a pedants' corner somewhere? Add me to it. I know I've mentioned "should of", "could of" as particular irritants. Another is "different to" instead of "different from". Surely if a thing is different it is moving away from something, whereas "similar to" is moving towards. How about "like" which seems to mean anything now? I count the "y'knows" when sports people particularly are being interviewed - 15 once! I still didn't know.

I ll tell you what I hate 'fur babies' dogs and cats they might be furry but they re not bloody babies

Babes is bad but 'Hun' is worse I m always being called Hun by strangers ugggg I m not your Hun , Mrs

I've just read a rather tongue in cheek menu, one item was "a selection of sammiges". It was intended to be humourous. It's better than the dreadful Australian sanger.

I don't like being sent a quote either. Shouldn't it be a quotation or am I wrong?

Here's the menu if any of you are thinking of hosting a function or funeral tea.

Sat instead of sitting is one of my particular hates, but there are many more I dis
Ike.

This is the trouble with a living language; it evolves. My aged MiL used to say should where I say would, and ought where I say should. Then there was may, might and could. My bug bear is swapping Me and I - me and my friend are going out: save some space for her and I.

Adaunus, in my part of the world there's shoppie, postie, mannie, wifie, bussie and many more.

Bad grammar , inaccuracy and tautology are my bugbears . But abbreviations are okay ( OK even ) .... bet you use bus , pram , and many others daily ( NOT " on a daily basis" , note )

Many uses of language can irritate, but our American cousins are entitled, I think, to their own pronunciation and vocabulary, just as different parts of the UK and most countries have vocabulary differences.
On the question of getting an "invite", I'm more worried about not being asked.