Wedding words...

Last week I was in Montreal to attend my sister's wedding so I decided to write a short lesson about wedding vocabulary~!

So before the wedding day arrives the groom(man getting married) traditionally has a stag party(British English) or bachelor party. This is seen as a man's last night of freedom and usually involves watching adult movies, drinking beer, going to strip clubs to see naked women, etc.

Women usually had a bridal shower which was a much cleaner party with women giving the bride(woman getting married) gifts and having fun. Recently, women are acting more like men and having bachelorette parties. Where women watch adult movies, drinking alcohol, going to strip clubs to see naked men, etc.

Before the wedding ceremony, women usually follow an old tradition to wear "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" which is said to bring the bride good luck.

After the wedding ceremony, there is the wedding RECEPTION which my Japanese students always call the wedding party... but in English wedding party is a combination of the words wedding and the formal word party meaning a group or people. This is like what you will hear at an expensive restaurant from the Maitre D' : "How many in your party?".

At the wedding reception, the bride throws the bouquet to all the unmarried wedding at the reception. The tradition says that the woman who catches the bouquet will be the next one who gets married. After that, the groom usually takes a garter belt from the brides leg and throws it to the waiting men.

Alright, that's it for now have a good week~!

Phil