Talk:Groomsman

Latest comment: 1 year ago by 73.170.162.108 in topic "First Speech"

[Untitled]

edit

I would argue that this should be considered a ritual related stub (if there is such a thing) and not a festival related stub.--Dustin Asby 07:06, 4 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Why does the article adopt a British Point of View (POV)? Should be more neutral. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.28.26 (talk) 01:08, 4 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

edit

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Groomsman. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:11, 25 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

"Usher", not "groomsman", in much (maybe most) of North America

edit

A groomsman (North America, Australasia) or usher (Britain, Ireland) is ...

I came to this article because I came across the word "groomsman" and didn't know what it meant. I've lived in many parts of the US for 74 years, I've attended many weddings, and I have never heard the groom's attendants called anything but "ushers". Since the article gives no references—reliable or otherwise—supporting the strict geographical assignments of the two terms, I'm going to remove them from the intro, so that the article begins simply "A groomsman or usher is ..." —8.9.93.141 (talk) 09:37, 15 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

"First Speech"

edit

The first sentence of the article indicates groomsmen are somehow involved in performing a "first speech". I've never seen a groomsman give a speech during a wedding, and usually there are multiple groomsmen so I don't know how multiple people are supposed to give one speech. I'm deleting that part of the sentence. 73.170.162.108 (talk) 17:38, 29 June 2023 (UTC)Reply