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Word of the Day: Wedding registry
I talked about the word spouse on July 14th, and I mentioned my wife yesterday; I also wrote about the idioms behind every great man, there is a great woman, and one’s better half, so keeping the topic on marriage, let me write about a wedding registry.
In Japan, giving a monetary gift for a wedding present is expected.
In North America, however, giving financial gifts is not standard practice. Therefore, many wedding couples have what is called a wedding registry.
A wedding registry is a particular service provided by websites or stores.
The wedding couple creates a list of items they would like to receive, and a guest chooses an item from the list and purchases it.
Once an item is purchased, it is removed from the list.
This way, the wedding couple receives things that they want or need, and no gifts have to be returned.
OK, that’s all for today. Have a good one, everybody.
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