Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[ebikeerwidnes]

Anyone tell this old man,why has unlived started to be used in our language,what is wrong with dead.

It might upset someone and they might feel offended??

I saw a programme on mediacl students and the like and it included how they are trained to tell people that someone has died

They HAVE to say the person has died - nice and gently and with sympathy
but using ANY other word can give hope and some people will look for the slightest glimmer of it not being true
dead is final
passed away or passed on can - for someone whose brain just does not want to accept it - can be twisted into something else
Unlived (or unalived) is dumb enough to do the same

 

[Electric_Andy]

Anyone tell this old man,why has unlived started to be used in our language,what is wrong with dead.

It's to do with social media algorithyms. Creators were finding that using the word "dead" or "died" was getting them blocked or de-monetised. I do understand why, because there are a lot of nasty vids out there showing people dying in facory accidents etc that aren't really very nice. So it's not so much of an Americanism for the sake of it, just inventing less harsh words to skirt around unneccessary censorship

 

[Tashman]

Anyone tell this old man,why has unlived started to be used in our language,what is wrong with dead.

Same as "passed". What did they pass?

They are dead, they have shuffled off of this mortal coil, they have gone to meet their maker...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Anyone tell this old man,why has unlived started to be used in our language,what is wrong with dead.

Surely unlived is the past tense of unloved? They were unloved, then they died, and became unlived.

 

[Dave7]

Same as "passed". What did they pass?

They are dead, they have shuffled off of this mortal coil, they have gone to meet their maker...

Ahh but that would upset all the atheists. You must have a 'pleases everybody' phrase.

 

[Tashman]

Ahh but that would upset all the atheists. You must have a 'pleases everybody' phrase.

I would count myself among them perhaps I should have added worm food to the mix!

 

[Dave7]

I would count myself among them perhaps I should have added worm food to the mix!

Well that would upset the veggies.

 

[Alex321]

Same as "passed". What did they pass?

They are dead, they have shuffled off of this mortal coil, they have gone to meet their maker...

It is short for "Passed on", which is what many Christians believe you do when you die - you "pass on" to Heaven (or the other place).

 

[DRM]

Same as "passed". What did they pass?

They are dead, they have shuffled off of this mortal coil, they have gone to meet their maker...

No they're not, they're resting!

 

[raleighnut]

They are dead, they have shuffled off of this mortal coil, they have gone to meet their maker...

If you hadn't nailed their feet to the perch they'd have been on the floor, they are an ex-person.

 

[raleighnut]

No they're not, they're resting!

Pining for the Fjords ?

 

[Jameshow]

What is the greatest invention of the 20 century?
My suggestions.....

Modern Bicycle
Ic engine
Gas central heating.
Jet plane
Microchip
GPS
Satellites

 

[VinSumRox]

What is the greatest invention of the 20 century?
My suggestions.....

Modern Bicycle
Ic engine
Gas central heating.
Jet plane
Microchip
GPS
Satellites

Sliced bread, surely.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm 'pumping gas

Did not know you had a LPG conversion.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What is the greatest invention of the 20 century?
My suggestions.....

Modern Bicycle

Your standard diamond frame road bike design is 19th century, unless you are meaning disc brakes, tubeless etc.