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As a former newspaper sub editor, I can say there is no difference. Neither should EVER be used. The phrase they are looking for here is "has died". In news rep
by mpclark 13y ago
As a former newspaper sub editor, I can say there is no difference. Neither should EVER be used. The phrase they are looking for here is "has died". In news reporting it is wrong to beat about the bush, to try to soften the blow or to sugar coat things with meaningless rubbish like "passed away" or "joined the choir invisible". Harrumph.
- contingencies 13y agoOn the meme of concision, I took it upon myself to conduct a whirlwhind survey of death glyphs. 死 < Chinese character for death. http://www.mikons.com/mikon/21531_200.gif http://www.mikons.com/mikon/21531_200.gif < Mayan character for death. http://hieroglyphs.net/0301/images/d/108.gif http://hieroglyphs.net/0301/images/d/108.gif < Apparently the most popular of at least three Egyptian renditions Interestingly from a semantic perspective, according to http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/dict4.htm http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/dict4.htm there exists an alternative rendering in Egyptian which consists of two perpendicularly contrasted pairs of parallel lines, explained as "deceased (true of voice)".