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Thread ID: 142771	2016-09-07 00:31:00	Why don't they tell it like it is?	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1425716	2016-09-07 00:31:00	I hear so many people, when talking about someone who died, that he "passed away." Why can't they tell it like it is and just say that he died? Is that just another case of being PC? What a load of rubbish. Which ever way you look at it, he's dead! There's no getting away from that fact. So why do these people try to make it into something that it isn't? They also talk about "his passing." Let's get real. If he died, if he's dead, why not face reality and say so.	Roscoe (6288)
1425717	2016-09-07 00:53:00	It's just an attempt to consider the feelings of the grieving. Maybe it ulimately achieves nothing, but death is an uncomfortable subject for many so they avoid mentioning it outright particularly around friends and relatives of the deceased. Why does it bug you, it's not like you don' t understand what's being said so what difference does it make what phrase is used? Saying someone has passed away in no way denies the reality of their death.	dugimodo (138)
1425718	2016-09-07 00:59:00	I remember a skit on TV about the grandaughter going to the mall with her recently widowed Nana. Her mum told her to be careful what she said as Nana was still pretty raw about Grandad's death. She was so careful and all went well till they got to the mall and Grandaughter was giving directions where to go when she said... "That way Nana, that's the way to the Pa Cark" Ken (sorry for that) :banana	kenj (9738)
1425719	2016-09-07 01:03:00	Yeah, nah. He's just resting Dead Parrot (www.youtube.com) :)	WalOne (4202)
1425720	2016-09-07 02:23:00	I hear so many people, when talking about someone who died, that he "passed away." Why can't they tell it like it is and just say that he died? Is that just another case of being PC? What a load of rubbish. Which ever way you look at it, he's dead! There's no getting away from that fact. So why do these people try to make it into something that it isn't? They also talk about "his passing." Let's get real. If he died, if he's dead, why not face reality and say so. high horse ? passed away = dead . Every one else seems to know they are exactly the same thing. So whats the problem . People should only use words and phrases you deem acceptable ?	1101 (13337)
1425721	2016-09-07 02:50:00	Religion. The idea you "pass" into the next world. I'm with the dead crowd. Dead is dead. Dead, rotted and gone.	pctek (84)
1425722	2016-09-07 02:54:00	It is just a polite way of considering the feelings of people, often at a time in their lives when they are at a low ebb. Here are a lot more euphemisms, you could have a ball here. Or should that just be a whole load of fun? http://www.euphemismlist.com/	Marnie (4574)
1425723	2016-09-07 06:29:00	It use to be died, then everyone started saying passed or passed away, left us, departed, no longer with us. If you want to revert it back, I am unsure if you could. I am just glad to still be around hearing however they want to call it. Ended is what I would like used for me.	Kame (312)
1425724	2016-09-07 06:50:00	It all has to do with the metamorphism of the process, the passer is undergoing a traumatic change of behaviour and appearance. That no-good alchoholic bludger that owes you money apparently changed overnight to a paragon of virtue. This change is way more dramatic than the green grub becoming an orange and black butterfly, so they must have passed on to become a butterfly/saint. If they had just died, they would still be a no-hoper, when all the reports talk of this incredibly heroic paragon of virtue. It is all too miraculous for mere words. Had they been run over last week, they surely would be dead, but after the incredible reformation they just pass on. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1425725	2016-09-07 10:02:00	I grew up on a farm - the dead sheep got thrown into the 'Dead sheep hole'.... And when my husband died - well, he was dead - and then we threw him into the lake.... But I agree - I don't like this pussy-footing around with people 'passing' - it always makes me wonder which hole they are 'passing'. And I had better stop now. :)	R.M. (561)
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