Posted by Nadezda on November 9, 2008, at 15:08:10
In reply to Re: How so?, posted by rayww on November 9, 2008, at 9:09:20
When a man and a woman marry, they aren't "one"-- they're remain two people. So the "one" is metaphoric. As such, it can be applied to any two people, I would think.
I guess whoever HBGBLT or whatever acronym that is are, they've chosen "marriage"-- not garriage, or tarriage, or anything else. Since "m" is a free letter in the alphabet, I don't see why they shouldn't be able to pick it. That it coincides with an already existing word, marriage, can then become an interesting coincidence.
Don't let it disturb your use of the word that you use. Just take it as a different word.
Nadezda
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