A Warm Reminder?

[Tedwonny]

Believe it or not, at times, the more you come across the phrase, the more you believe that it is acceptable / correct.

I know adjectives that can go with 'reminders' are 'kind' / 'gentle' / 'friendly' but as I have come across innumerable instances of 'warm reminders', I can no longer be sure whether I am given the right input.

E.g. "A warm reminder - xx's party tonight"

Does it sound natural to native speakers' ears?

Thanks

 

[5jj]

Not to me. There are no examples in COCA or http://fraze.it/.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I have reason to believe that "warm reminder" is the literal translation of the Chinese term "温馨提醒", so it is pidgin English.

Not a teacher.

 

[5jj]

I have reason to believe

If you are going to say something like that, please give some indication of your reason.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I have never heard "warm reminder".

 

[Matthew Wai]

If you are going to say something like that, please give some indication of your reason.

Sorry, I should say "I am sure that 'warm reminder' is the literal translation of the Chinese term '温馨提醒', also known as '温馨提示', and I believe that is the origin of the unnatural English term."

The following is quite a famous Chinese-English dictionary, where you can see "Warm reminder".
http://dict.youdao.com/search?le=eng&q=Warm reminder
You said "I would recommend caution when using such sites" in this post, now it is a case in point.

 

[Raymott]

I'd be very careful of that site. It does not give good sentences in English.
Eg. 2 on that page: "Experts warm reminder: good morpheus quality to the university entrance exam candidates are very important, and that is the premise of getting good grades."
This is wrong on so many levels.