Word Choice

The word birthday sometimes seems strange to me. It is what it is. "Birth" day. It's so literal.

Couldn't we have come up with something more creative?

We don't call a couple's anniversary weddingday.

Although anniversary is a very generic word. Not only is an anniversary a time for romantic celebration, it can also be a time for mourning, as even Sept. 11 has an anniversary.

Maybe weddingday would be better word for a couple's anniversary. And Sept. 11 would be plane-takes-out-world-trade-centre day.