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Died or Passed...what do you say?
Posted on 8/9/16 at 9:59 am
Posted on 8/9/16 at 9:59 am
My wife says "Passed Away, Passed". I've always said "died". She says her version is less crass. Of course I disagreed. After the conversation I started to pay more attention and have noticed that talking heads on the tube generally say passed as do most people in day to day conversation.
When did died or dying become a bad word?
When did died or dying become a bad word?
This post was edited on 8/9/16 at 11:29 am
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Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:01 am to Tiger inTampa
I usually say died if it is sudden and passed if it is foreseen.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:01 am to Tiger inTampa
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She says her version is less crass.
It probably is.
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When did died or dying become a bad word?
It's not a bad word.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:01 am to Tiger inTampa
Connotation
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:01 am to Tiger inTampa
Saying "passed" IS less crass.
It being less crass than "died" doesn't make it a bad word....not everything is good or bad.
It being less crass than "died" doesn't make it a bad word....not everything is good or bad.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:01 am to Tiger inTampa
It is more tactful.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:02 am to Tiger inTampa
You're simply debating semantics. Passed away has a more delicate connotation, but neither one is really more correct.
This post was edited on 8/9/16 at 10:03 am
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:02 am to abitabrewed4LSU
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It is more tactful.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:02 am to Tiger inTampa
either way, they gone.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:02 am to Tiger inTampa
I say passed.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:02 am to Tiger inTampa
quote:
Died
quote:
Passed Away
seems old or country
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:02 am to Tiger inTampa
When talking about someone you know or to someone that knew the person you say passed.
When referring to a stranger you say died.
ETA: it's science.
When referring to a stranger you say died.
ETA: it's science.
This post was edited on 8/9/16 at 10:03 am
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:04 am to Tiger inTampa
To me "died" implied it was sudden or unexpected. Passed away implies it was foreseen or anticipated for some time.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:05 am to Tiger inTampa
quote:It depends on who it was and what type of relationship I had with that person. If it was just some random person I say died. If it was someone that I knew personally I say passed away
Died or Passed?
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:06 am to Tiger inTampa
I think "passed away" sounds more respectable, so I go with that
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:08 am to ForeverLSU02
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It depends on who it was and what type of relationship I had with that person. If it was just some random person I say died. If it was someone that I knew personally I say passed away
I understand that thought process. I've just always used died. When speaking of my parents I'll say "When Momma died or before Dad died". Never really thought about it until the lovely Mrs. schooled me.
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:09 am to Tiger inTampa
Depends on the cirumstance
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:09 am to fisherbm1112
expired
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:10 am to NYNolaguy1
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died" implied it was sudden or unexpected. Passed away implies it was foreseen or anticipated for some time.
I can see that.
When I talk about the specific time period or fact of my mother's death, I usually say, "my mom died suddenly."
But if I'm asked about my family or something unrelated to her actual death, I often say, "my mom passed away a few years ago."
Of course, it took me several months to even be able to say dead, died, or death. Before that, it was, "when my mom had her stroke."
Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:11 am to Tiger inTampa
Died all day every day
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