News1 min ago
Royal Wedding...
Well... it's over. Ratings here in the U.S. indicate more Americans watched the proceedings than Brits. Polls also indicate the numbers of female Americans watching outnumbered the men by 15 to 1. In fact the polls indicate the wedding didn't draw the men as much as the little watched World Cup matches... so there must be a correlation between Royal Weddings and Soccer as far as the ho-hum factor to American men...
I watched Mrs. C out of the corner of my eye during the scene where the young couple exited Westminster (what happened to the missing "i"?) Abbey... Mrs. C teared up... why do women do that or are they mourning for the new bride?
I watched Mrs. C out of the corner of my eye during the scene where the young couple exited Westminster (what happened to the missing "i"?) Abbey... Mrs. C teared up... why do women do that or are they mourning for the new bride?
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Clanad. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm in Scotland - I walked from my flat to my work today and half expected some of the shops to have flags out.
But - no - one shop had a couple of balloons and a pub had some flags.
I don't know anybody who watched the wedding - apart from my brother who was 'encouraged' to do so by his wife, her mum, her mum's mum and his two daughters.
But - no - one shop had a couple of balloons and a pub had some flags.
I don't know anybody who watched the wedding - apart from my brother who was 'encouraged' to do so by his wife, her mum, her mum's mum and his two daughters.
No missing "i" - minster and minister have separate and distinct derivations from Latin
Minster - monastery
Minister - servant (cf. magister - master)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minster_(church)
Minster - monastery
Minister - servant (cf. magister - master)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minster_(church)
I always assumed the royals were just being maintained as a tourist attraction (and even left a bit sorry for them being trapped in something like the Truman show) so i would have expected the appeal of this wedding to be much higher outside the UK where their image would be most marketed to potential visitors. I'm still not sure who in this country loved the wedding or why as I have been unable to find one person out of my firends who would admit to anything but annoyance with the whole thing (though maybe they all sneaked back and sobbed buckets over kates princess playtime later).
Some women buy into the whole knight in shining armour thing and just see it as romance rather than a symptom of a state sponsored fraud committed by a dubious family with no redeemable features.
I say we need another referendum to sack the lot of them and seize their assets
Some women buy into the whole knight in shining armour thing and just see it as romance rather than a symptom of a state sponsored fraud committed by a dubious family with no redeemable features.
I say we need another referendum to sack the lot of them and seize their assets