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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 days ago

It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring

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It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 days ago

Like engagement rings denote the engagement… Maybe it’s just English being its usual mess

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Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity

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