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Elegy? Is that American for "Eulogy" or a different word?
by kristianp 8y ago
Elegy? Is that American for "Eulogy" or a different word?
- throwaway5752 8y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elegy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elegy has a large section discussing the different usage and roots.
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- BenjiWiebe 8y agoThe American word for eulogy is eulogy. Never heard of elegy before, but according to the dictionary it's synonyms are dirge and lament. "A sad poem or song" —Merriam-Webster
- i386 8y agoElegy is a poem of lament, where as Eulogy is writing about something or someone who has died. Eulogy would suit this piece better.
- labster 8y agoYou don't have to be so elegiac about the title.
- pizza 8y agoAn elegy is a poem for a sad occasion/death, similar to requiem, dirge or threnody
- shaki-dora 8y agoIt’s the word for a sad story or poem, lamenting the death of peoples‘ skill to look up questions as they arise, instead of making a handful of people doing that work for them. Alternatively, it laments the tendency to frame a rather inferior attack in the form of a long-winded question. This usually happens at conferences, but can also be observed in online communications.
- InclinedPlane 8y agoI truly do not understand this mentality. Why not simply check / look up the word? You don't even have to try a dictionary these days, google will give you definitions if you just use a word as a search term.