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Conversing with Brian Carver about a wedding I will attend this weekend, I
mentioned that "one of the brides is pregnant."
Now, Brian lives in - and has lived in - Utah most of his life, so his next
question was totally reasonable. But I missed its subtlety: "Is this a Utah
wedding?"
I thought he was being glib about the pregnant bride - as such things are not
uncommon in Utah. I have attended many shotgun weddings there. I pointed out
the phrase "one of the BRIDES" again and he replied so as to make clear the fact
that the difference between a multiple-brides wedding in Utah and a multiple-
brides wedding in California is the presence or absence of a groom.
-rbarry
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