Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:ag5 From: ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) Newsgroups: net.women,net.nlang Subject: more stupid word combinations ... Message-ID: <788@pucc-k> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 18:22:33 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.788 Posted: Sun Jan 6 18:22:33 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 01:41:24 EST Followup-To: net.women Organization: Tower Acres Pleasure Center Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.women:3991 net.nlang:2337 <<>> Have you ever noticed that, whenever a couple gets married, the Master of Ceremonies (whether minister, Justice of the Peace, or motorcycle mechanic) always says something stupid like "I now pronounce you 'man and wife'." It seems to me that a more intelligent thing to say would be "I now pronounce you 'husband and wife'" or something of that ilk. My question is: does anybody have a *reason* why they do it like they do?-- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 BITNET: HCMENSCH@SUVM CSNET: hcmensch@syr-cis-aos ------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you can't be good, be careful. If you can't be careful, give me a call..."