They got wedded.
They got married.
Can wedded be used as an alternative to got married.
They got married.
Can wedded be used as an alternative to got married.
They got wedded.
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Well, the word exists, and it has that meaning, but it's very old-fashioned. No-one would say it.
No. The verbs are "To get married" or "To wed" but not "To get wed"
You can say "They wedded" but I don't think it's used very often.
You can say "They wedded" but I don't think it's used very often.
I would say, "they were wedded".
"Got married" is pretty common but you can say "were married".
"Got married" is pretty common but you can say "were married".
What is your evidence?But, Franco, there is "to get wedded" - it is not incorrect.
There should be some context, because that might change our comments.
I don't think 'they got wedded' is correct at all! "Got wed" might be, except it's not often used unless perhaps in some regions. I seem to recall it being used in my homeland, the far North East. "Time you were wed, lad!"
I don't think 'they got wedded' is correct at all! "Got wed" might be, except it's not often used unless perhaps in some regions. I seem to recall it being used in my homeland, the far North East. "Time you were wed, lad!"
Americans often try to regularize verbs.
These days 'wedded' is largely only an adjective ('wedded bliss'; 'I'm not wedded to the idea'), but the Ngram Viewer shows them pretty equal, and clicking into Books shows a lot of old uses of the verb 'wedded' as both a simple past and past participle.
A lot of the older examples seem to be from sources that are not using AE or BE.
Indian English seems to have been fond of it, and perhaps still is?
Indian English seems to have been fond of it, and perhaps still is?
But I don't hear "get/got wedded" used here, as far as my personal experience (of above 2 decades) is concerned.
Yes, in British English; but Americans seem to have taken against "wed" since about 1980.
If you compare "they wed" and "they got wed"/"they got wedded" into Ngram there are no results for those with "got."But, Franco, there is "to get wedded" - it is not incorrect.
But not "they got wedded" and barely any "they got wed"
[your link is just "get wedded" with no pronoun]Personally, the "get/got" versions seem wrong to me.
The "got wedded" phrase brought up pages (via links shown beneath the graph) of examples with "(name) and (name) got wedded", as well as "they got wedded".
I was a wedding photographer for many years and in the hundreds of weddings I photographed I never once heard "got wedded" (I did hear "espoused", which seemed weird enough).
Almost universally it is "join in holy matrimony" during the ceremony.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.
Almost universally it is "join in holy matrimony" during the ceremony.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.