CelloMike@startrek.websiteOPtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring
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4 months agoTerrible coffee
Terrible coffee
Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity
I get that, but also, it’s always seemed like the purpose of the ring is to signify the state of being, so engagement ring to show the state of being engaged, wedding ring shows the state of being married, or wed, I guess it works both ways
Not a strongly held view by any means 😆
French as well - le bague de mariage
If not friend why friend shaped??
Welcome to one of the big unsolved problems in physics