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It's Register Office, not Registry Office

4 replies

BoneStripped · 27/07/2017 18:12

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does. The Register Office is where the registry (of births, marriages and deaths) is kept. I know practically everyone says 'Registry Office', and so it falls under common usage, but it's wrong, and it annoys me.

I feel better for getting that out. Thank you.

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goldinthemtherestars · 22/10/2017 00:44

That's interesting. Thank you for putting us straight. I genuinely thought it was the other way round, i.e. The Registry Office where the 'register' of births, deaths and marriages is kept. I'm happy to be corrected!

Fezzik · 22/10/2017 01:01

You're correct for the UK, although interestingly in NZ and Australia it's definitely Registry Office.

goldinthemtherestars · 22/10/2017 09:38

Even more interesting. My mother was Australian, so maybe that's why I believed it was Registry Office. My mother was always right.:)

LoniceraJaponica · 22/10/2017 09:39

Oh, I didn't know that, and I am usually terrible pedantic about word usage Blush

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