I have heard and read it a lot of late in the (Kiwi) media due to the forthcoming royal wedding between His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton. There is a perfectly good word for that thing in the buff envelope with the Queen's seal: it's an invitation. So why are people unable to use the correct word?
You can bet that the Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith did not command the Lord Chamberlain to send out 'invites' to her grandson's wedding.
2 comments:
Kate,
Prince William is Her Majesty the Queen's grandson. I am sure that that was a typing error.
You know that American TV has been using invite for years but they are still using the correct noun on the Beeb.
Me
Thank you for pointing that out - it was, indeed, a typing error and has now been corrected.
I'm pleased to hear that at least the BBC is still keeping some standards!
Kate x
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