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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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1. Are these acceptable and natural ways of euphemistically saying that someone will be dead:


a) "The old people will soon part from this world, so this won't stay in their mind for too long."


b) "The old people will soon depart from this world, so this won't stay in their mind for too long"




2. By the way, does the verb 'to euphemize' exist?

  

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Christine Christie 1. " b) "The old people will soon depart from this world, so this won't stay in their mind for too long " "depart" seems more appropriate than "part", but they both work. Christine Christie 2.

— CalifJim

  • Christine Christie 1.
  • " b) "The old people will soon depart from this world, so this won't stay in their mind for too long " "depart" seems more appropriate than "part", but they both work.
  • Christine Christie 2.
  • By the way, does the verb 'to euphemize' exist?
  • w=euphemize&ls=a CJ
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Christine Christie

1. Are these acceptable and natural ways of euphemistically saying that someone will be dead:


a) "The old people will soon part from this world, so this won't stay in their mind for too long."


b) "The old people will soon depart from this world,

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