mids
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Post by mids on Apr 29, 2023 16:25:30 GMT
Bud in a UK context is bad.
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Post by flatandy on Apr 29, 2023 16:41:48 GMT
Using the “word” medaled once, just once, is overusing it. Blegh!
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Post by flatandy on Apr 29, 2023 16:42:31 GMT
Bud in a UK context is bad. In a US context it’s horrible, unless you’re smoking rather than drinking. |
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Post by perrykneeham on May 3, 2023 7:40:23 GMT
Euthanised. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65446354Shot, is what they mean. It's not like these crocs were flown to Switzerland and allowed to end their lives surrounded by their over ones, after one last glass of good wine. |
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Post by mids on May 3, 2023 7:55:35 GMT
That's bad. Is it different from euthanised?
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Post by perrykneeham on May 3, 2023 8:00:32 GMT
It's how Voice does it.
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Post by moggyonspeed on May 3, 2023 11:35:40 GMT
I don't like like when used all the time like; it like loses its meaning.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 3, 2023 11:55:05 GMT
"Passed" gets on my tits too. Died, dead.
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mids
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Post by mids on May 3, 2023 12:18:51 GMT
"Passed" is shite because it implies an afterlife.
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Post by ootlg on May 3, 2023 12:36:01 GMT
What's wrong with that?
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mids
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Post by mids on May 3, 2023 13:06:01 GMT
There isn't one.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 3, 2023 13:23:02 GMT
I suppose it's a bit gentler than dead, and implies a sort of sympathy with respect for the possible religious beliefs of the bereaved. That's okay, but it's their belief, not yours.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 3, 2023 13:24:05 GMT
It's especially wanky when they're talking about someone's dog.
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Post by voice on May 3, 2023 13:48:11 GMT
While I try and be sensitive when telling relatives their loved one just died I never used "passed" to tell em. I do however just say dead, died in the chart and to colleagues, no need for anything else.
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mids
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Post by mids on May 3, 2023 13:54:17 GMT
Pillowed.
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Post by voice on May 3, 2023 14:21:48 GMT
last minuet change of their will....
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Post by flatandy on May 3, 2023 14:36:08 GMT
Passed, gone to a better place, etc, are horrible euphemisms.
Your loved one is dead. Don’t try and soften the impact. It’s not like someone grazed their knee. And certainly don’t soften it with pseudo-religious bollocks.
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Post by voice on May 3, 2023 15:02:52 GMT
yeah, I do mostly just say that, though occasionally you have to more sensitive, I usually say they've gone cos most euphemisms about death don't lessen the blow.
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Post by flatandy on May 3, 2023 15:09:29 GMT
Gone is OK. They’re definitely gone. They’ve not just transcended off to another dimension where you’ll see them again. They are gone.
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Post by happyhammerhead on May 6, 2023 16:23:15 GMT
Started selling a few things on eBay. Haven't used it for a year or so.
When your item sold, you'd get an email titled 'Your item has sold -[blah]'.
Now it's titled 'You made the sale - [blah]'
Twats. I'm suprised they don't put an exclamation mark on it.
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