Roman Numerals In Wedding Invite Wording

Re: Roman Numerals In Wedding Invite Wording

• OurWildKingdom member

  

  March 2019

  I know Roman numerals look cool, but they’re confusing to most people. In any case, I think you’re supposed to spell out the date (August tenth, two thousand nineteen). Check the sticky at the top of the board for samples of wording. The late CMGragain was our guru in that area.

  

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• climbingsingle member

  

  March 2019 edited March 2019

  knottie2d1d10badcf67e3e said:

  Hi! We want to use roman numerals for our wedding date on our invites (looks fancyyyy) but I'm worried people won't know how to read our date. Text copy & pasted below. It looks nicer with all the fonts and design 
  
  

  "request the honor of your company

  at the celebration of their marriage

  
  

  VIII X MMXIX

  at one o’clock in the afternoon"
  
  I feel like most people won't get aug 10 2019 out of that. Any suggestions? I really love the roman numerals.

  I think you're right in that most people won't get the date from that. You'll either have people googling, or calling and texting you to find out the date. 
  
  ETA: Why mess with something as important as the date you want your guest there? 

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• MobKaz member

  

  March 2019

  It might look alright if you use a sun dial to designate the hour of your wedding.
  
  Joking……
  
  The invitation is NOT the place to be cute or confusing.  If you have an affinity for such things, incorporate them into your table numbers, cake topper, or other less important wedding related items.
  

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• ILoveBeachMusic member

  

  March 2019 edited March 2019

  The proper way is to write out the date: "Saturday the tenth of August two thousand nineteen". Roman numerals are not a formal way to do this. It will be very confusing and will not look right on a formal invitation.
  
  edited for self correction

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• InLoveInQueens member

  

  March 2019

  Save the Roman numerals for something like a guest book or custom picture frame in your house, it really doesn't work for an invitation 

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• maine7mob member

  

  March 2019

  Roman numerals do not make an invitation "fancy" or classy. 

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• levioosa member

  

  March 2019

  If you want your invitation to be “fancy” then write out the date and time in the formal way stated above. I promise the Roman numerals will not look as “fancy” as you think they will, plus they’ll be confusing. 

  
  

  
  

  

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• flantastic member

  

  March 2019

  I think you should go with traditional Roman date format, if you want them to know it's a date.
  
  So, ante diem VI Idus Augustas
  
  Or you could go with Ecclesial Latin:
  
  Die X mensis Augustis MMXIX
  

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• ShesSoCold mod

  

  March 2019

  I find that if you (general) do something for the sole purpose of appearing "fancy", you actually succeed in doing the exact opposite.

  
  

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• ei34 member

  

  March 2019

  Maybe do Roman numerals on the cover of your wedding photo album or order an engraved/personalized clock with your wedding date in Roman numerals to hang in your house? Ditto PP I wouldn’t want to risk confusing guests over something as important as the wedding date.  

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• short+sassy member

  

  March 2019

  ILoveBeachMusic said:

  The proper way is to write out the date: "Saturday the tenth of August two thousand nineteen". Roman numerals are not a formal way to do this. It will be very confusing and will not look right on a formal invitation.
  
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  The way you have the date written in Roman numerals is really confusing.  At first, I didn't even recognize it was supposed to be the date.
  
  And then, once I realized it, I wasn't totally sure if it was supposed to be August 10th or October 8th.  Because, as @ILoveBeachMusic pointed out, invitations often have the day first and then the month.
  
  As a guest, I'd be laughing at myself with, "Please don't make me think this much to put a date on my calendar."
  

  

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• banana468 member

  

  March 2019

  Think of it this way: By writing out the date in the etiquette approved format you just avoided 100 phone calls or emails. 

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• VerizonGirl member

  

  May 2019

  You should use it somewhere, not on invitations.

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