[Magdalen] Invites

[Esther Williamson]

Mine is 'social' as in "I need your social for this tax form."  My mom 
insisted on draperies rather than drapes and permanent wave rather than 
perm. I believe it was my grandmother who laughed at 'decal'. She 
insisted the word was 'decalcomania'!

Esther

On 3/13/2016 10:54 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> I'm with you, Grace. That one annoys me no end.
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Mine is 'gift' used as a verb., as in "She gifted me with these flowers."
>> Grrr..sets my teeth on edge!
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My current irritant is use of the word 'fulsome'.  Instead of  'he gave a
>>> full report', they say 'he gave a fulsome report', which is not the same
>>> thing at all!  It might be both a full and fulsome report, but you know
>>> what I mean.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/13/2016 9:02 AM, Scott Knitter wrote:
>>>
>>>> invitation has become invite
>>>>
>>>> request has become ask ("What's your ask?")
>>>>
>>>> lend has become loan ("I loaned him $50")
>>>>
>>>> depressing
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Marion Thompson
>>>> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Along with so many others.
>>>>>
>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/13/2016 5:38 AM, Allan Carr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Apple has officially sent out invites for an event next week . . ."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/4-inch-iphone-se-to-launch-on-21-march-everything-we-know-so-far-303755.html
>>>>>> Is the word invitation now obsolete?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just wondering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Grace Cangialosi
>> Ruckersville, VA
>>
>> *We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
>> Dorothy Day*
>>