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From: stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: more stupid word combinations ...
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 15:53:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 15:53:54 1985
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>	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'."   

Isn't that why they went to get married? (:-).

But seriously,
in over a dozen weddings I've attended the MC has always said
something like "I now pronounce you husband and wife."
At the rehearsal, before one of these weddings,
this question was raised, and the MC insisted that the phrase "man
and wife" was never used.
I have heard it on TV shows, and in the movies, but what do you
expect, there?
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