Bride-Elect

[Amy Burns Short]

> Tonight, I read an engagement notice.  The second paragraph referred to
the
> future bride as
> "the bride-elect" (quotation marks mine).  New term to me.
>
> Jordan Rich
> htttp://funkmasterj.tripod.com

This expression appears in one of the local papers; I'd just thought of it
more as a regionalism. Its usage is mildly jarring to this reader.

Amy Short
amy.short at murraystate.edu