We Now Pronounce You, 'Mr. and Mrs. QU'

Behind every Q there is a U, without which we would not have words like “quiet,” “queen” or “quack.”

Mr. Q and Miss U took their wedding vows before an audience of parents, grandparents and younger siblings at St. Linus School on Monday morning, pledging a lifetime of working together to form words.

Watch the video of the wedding of Mr. Q and Miss U.

For St. Linus kindergartners, who participated in the nuptials for "q" and "u,"  both letters can be very confusing especially when you’re learning how to read. Probably because when used together, “q” and “u” sound a lot like “kwuh” or “koo” when pronounced phonetically.

With their classmates from rooms 13 and 16 acting as ushers, groomsmen, bridesmaids and flower girls, Liam Greene as the letter “q” and Natalie Nolan as the letter “u” vowed to stay together through quicksand and earthquakes.

School principal Dr. Michael Stritch gave away the bride.

After their vows, they shook hands and were introduced as the new Mr. and Mrs. QU.

Kindergarten teacher/wedding planner Maureen Reavis described the wedding as a nice year-end event for the boys and girls before they head off into first grade.

The school started the tradition of the “Q” and “U” kindergarten wedding seven years ago as a fun way to teach phonics. The original Mr. Q and Miss U are now in seventh grade.

Unfortunately, not all of the QU couples have stayed together.

According to one of of the former Mr. Q’s: “We got divorced in second grade.”

After the wedding, there was cake.

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