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Hi, what a good community this seems to be! I’m Swedish, and I have just recently started writing fanfiction (Heroes mostly). I have been on LJ for almost two years now, but I have never really worried much about how I write my journal (probably an ugly mix of American and British English, with strange grammar mistakes here and there), but now that I also have a fiction journal, I realize that there are important things that I don’t know. So thanks for being here! And yes, this post has a point:
I’m writing a story and it starts with a wedding. They are in a church (I imagine it as a small one, but it’s not important) in Texas. I write: “The woman was watching the wedding ceremony from the half-shadows in the corner […]. And no one looked at her. Their interest was focused on what happened in front of the altar; the minister and the man and woman who were just a few moments from becoming husband and wife.” Now, my question is if minister is a good word here; what about clergyman or priest, or vicar, or is there any other? I mean, I don’t know if these words give a signal that they are this or that kind of Christians. The story is not about religion and I’d rather not say if they are Catholics, Baptists or something else or not religious at all; I’m looking for a “neutral” word if that’s possible?
Edit: I've got the answer now; thank you so much! :) I will keep the minister. :)
I’m writing a story and it starts with a wedding. They are in a church (I imagine it as a small one, but it’s not important) in Texas. I write: “The woman was watching the wedding ceremony from the half-shadows in the corner […]. And no one looked at her. Their interest was focused on what happened in front of the altar; the minister and the man and woman who were just a few moments from becoming husband and wife.” Now, my question is if minister is a good word here; what about clergyman or priest, or vicar, or is there any other? I mean, I don’t know if these words give a signal that they are this or that kind of Christians. The story is not about religion and I’d rather not say if they are Catholics, Baptists or something else or not religious at all; I’m looking for a “neutral” word if that’s possible?
Edit: I've got the answer now; thank you so much! :) I will keep the minister. :)