Talk:Sikyonioi

Euphemism "passed away"

Hello, Hyphantes. You reverted an edit I made that removed euphemistic language because of word repetition proximity. I think a simple re-write could fix either problem. The word repetition proximity is not a big deal compared to euphemistic language, from my perspective. We could use "death bed". fds^Talk 05:20, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

"Died" and "death bed" is almost the same as "dying bed". I don't think that "pass away" is such an awful euphemism. Maybe a few decades ago it was normal use, but if you think it's obsolete we can try to find a more contemporary expression. I refuse to believe that "died" is the only word to address that unpleasant moment. After all we are talking about literature and in that field some metaphor should be allowed, as long as the concept is clear. Last but not least, I took that expression from my source and therefore we should check if the Greek original has it similar which would be a strong argument to keep it that way.--Hyphantes (talk) 14:29, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

The reason for my removing it is because the manual of style targets it specifically as a phrase to avoid and prefers some form of "to die" in all constructs. If you could find "passed away" within quoted material, it, of course, would be immune to scrutiny about euphemistic language. I apologize for breaking your talk page's chronology: That was careless of me. fds^Talk 22:31, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

No problem. I hope you don't mind if I copy this discussion to the relevant talk page. Maybe someone comes up with a valid solution here.--Hyphantes (talk) 00:42, 15 May 2015 (UTC)