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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Obituary Euphemisms

This entry was posted in babble, quirk and tagged death, English, euphemisms, language, Life, Newspapers, obituary, Tradition on November 21, 2013 by Laura Ellis .
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People often say, “You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.” It’s seen as disrespectful to say anything bad about someone who can no longer defend themselves, or perhaps about someone for whom death is enough of a punishment for how they lived their life. On the other hand, if someone was an awful person when(…)

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