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Invites!!!!!

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phoenix Sat 22-Oct-16 21:35:14

Please, please, please do NOT send me an "invite"

I am happy to receive an invitation to an event, which I may or may not attend, and I am also ok with being invited to something, again attendance is not guaranteed, but being a fairly polite person, if the INVITATION states RSVP, then of course I will.

But if someone says "I will send you an invite" aaaarrrggghhh!

Sorry, may be just me, if so, then as you were.blush

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jenpax Sat 29-Oct-16 17:49:51

Yorkshiregel, yes I cannot abide gotten! Or Math instead of maths or going forward! There are many many more that irritate me!

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Maranta Sat 29-Oct-16 19:17:29

Gotten is an old English word, one that has dropped out of use here. Math is used in the USA and I for one get fed up with all this American bashing. If it was any other country it would be described as racism.

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Ana Sat 29-Oct-16 19:48:42

I just had a quick look at your profile page, Maranta. You are certainly very old! grin

Racism my eye...

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MaizieD Tue 01-Nov-16 15:29:31

Maths is an abbreviation of mathematics, plural ending. It's more logical to call it maths than math.

I'm getting to very much dislike the use of 'pissed' to mean fed up. It may not be an elegant expression but it means 'drunk'. To be fed up you have to be 'pissed off'.

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