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sportsfan (original poster member #9918) posted at 4:09 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
My DD is getting married to a US Marine this Saturday. I will provide the toast. Would it not be proper if at the end of the toast I said "HooRah"? Can only a Marine say it?
Thanks!!
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 4:44 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
How about 'Semper Fi' instead??
Kind of has that SI-appropriate theme to it too, KWIM???
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
HFSSC ( member #33338) posted at 4:46 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
If you are going to say it, it's pronounced "Ooo-rah", with no "H" sound at the beginning. 
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
lieshurt ( member #14003) posted at 4:57 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
A cultural caveat is: Do not Ooh-Rah anybody if you are not a Marine....Exceptions: 1) Navy Medical Personnel who have served with the Marines as Marines (i.e., wore Marine Green vs Navy Blue uniforms). 2) Navy and Marine Pilots (most from both groups go through officer candidate training with Marine Drill Instructors). 3) Any fellow service member, when used to acknowledge the superb achievement of a Marine.
This is what I found online.
No one changes unless they want to. Not if you beg them. Not if you shame them. Not if you use reason, emotion, or tough love. There is only one thing that makes someone change: their own realization that they need to.
RyeBread ( member #37437) posted at 4:57 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Marine Corps vet here.
I agree with TR. I would use "Semper Fi" which means Always Faithful
Otherwise its said Oo-rah 
ETA: TBH, having a civilian or anyone other than another marine say Oo-rah can be "annoying" sometimes. Either way, I'm sure the other Marines will appreciate the gesture. Just be prepared to have it shouted back at you. LOUDLY
[This message edited by RyeBread at 11:01 AM, September 25th (Wednesday)]
Let him that would move the world first move himself. - Socrates
sportsfan (original poster member #9918) posted at 5:23 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
lieshurt - that's what i was afraid of which is why i posted the question.
RB - Saying "Semper-Fi" will be ok?
Thanks peeps!
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 5:27 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
T/J
Congratulations to you and your DD and your future SIL.
End T/J
Tred ( member #34086) posted at 5:29 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Sport,
They respond better to shouting "All Hands On Deck" very loudly.
Congrats on your DD getting married!
Married: 27 years (14 @JFO) D-Day: 11/09/11"Ohhhhh...shut up Tred!" - NOT the official SI motto (DS)
sportsfan (original poster member #9918) posted at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Thanks Moo! He's a great kid. Typical Marine in that he's mature, focused and fun.
They'll be moving to SoCal within a week after the wedding ... we'll miss DD desperately.
sportsfan (original poster member #9918) posted at 5:32 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Tred - if I do will it really mean "all hands around my neck"? 
Bigger ( Attaché #8354) posted at 5:43 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
You could warn him that Marine or not if he doesn‘t treat your princess like she was his queen he’ll be shouting “Oo-rah” in a soprano voice…
Congratulations on your daughter!
"If, therefore, any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone." Epictetus
sportsfan (original poster member #9918) posted at 6:02 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Haha, Bigger! He's really great with her so I suspect his voice will remain as it is.
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 6:06 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Well, shit the Marines agree with me ... I can go home early
Good luck to them sportsfan!
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
RyeBread ( member #37437) posted at 7:32 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
RB - Saying "Semper-Fi" will be ok?
Absolutely.
It's really about the spirit of the occasion so don't think too much into this. The camaraderie and being together with their fellow marines is whats most important....that and alcohol (jk, sort of)
Let him that would move the world first move himself. - Socrates
EvenKeel ( member #24210) posted at 7:34 PM on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
T/J: I always learn so much on SI!
jjsr ( member #34353) posted at 3:54 AM on Thursday, September 26th, 2013
Can I suggest a small wedding gift, for your dd. A book called Chicken Soup for the Military Wives Soul. Its a good read, where she will get a laugh, learn some things about being a Marine wife and figuring out she is not alone in it. Congratulations to all of you
Me: BS
Him: WS
Married since 1985
Parents to 2 adult sons and 3 of the cutest cats you have ever seen
D-day 8/6/11 Truth about ONS and 9/21/11 Truth about EA and 10/28/15 NEW dday.
Just surviving.
sportsfan (original poster member #9918) posted at 3:05 PM on Thursday, September 26th, 2013
Great idea, jjsr ... i'll see if I can find it today - thanks!!!
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