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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
random language question - gifted vs. gave
Someone (SK maybe?) said something in a post below about someone "gifting" them something. I've seen that usage more and more, but I always thought the correct term was "gave" as in "They gave us tickets" or I gave him tickets, not I gifted him tickets.
(SK - I'm not singling you out - I see alot of people say this, you just jogged my memory)
Re: random language question - gifted vs. gave
Most language purists aren't down with "gift" as a verb. You "give" a "gift". "Gift" ->"gifted" is often up there with "conversation" -> "conversate" on the list of nouns that should have been left well enough alone.
That being said, it's obviously had a comfortable place among the pretentious set for awhile ("This was gifted to the museum by such and such") and the use is getting more popular generally.
lovelylittleworld
BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d
lovelylittleworld
BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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Lmao. The guy I dated in law school used "conversate" on a very popular television show and I don't think he's heard the end of it to this day.
Anyway, I'm a bit of a purist myself - but I won't get snarky about verbification unless somebody tries to use "disrespect" as a verb.
lovelylittleworld
BFP#2 1/12/12 ~ Missed M/C 8w2d