An Alaskan funeral
Writing in the Anchorage Daily News, writer Michael Carey gives this account of an Alaskan funeral. The mourners included half a dozen men scattered throughout the church who looked as if they were on work release: leathers, tattoos, unkempt hair and beards, the aura of hard living, men never domesticated by women. They were in […]
Euphemisms 2: Pushing up daisies
Posted by Vale As an industry, the funeral business is often told it should be careful about the use of euphemisms – (Collins English Dictionary – euphemism the deliberate or polite use of a pleasant or neutral word or expression to avoid the emotional implications of a plain term, as passed over for died.) At […]
