Died or Passed away?

well I guess I'm just straightfoward……when someone dies they are dead. I lost my 5 year old daughter to cancer. It was easier and more truthful to explain to her little siblings that their sister was dead, they understood that, it was the truth, it was simple (even though it was anything but).

Most bereaved people have faced the fact their loved one has died and are trying to deal with that. To me anyway, the softly softly approach of saying someone has "passed away" is "with the angels" is in a "better place" does nothing to comfort. When the fuss dies down and everybody goes away after the funeral you are still left dealing with the cold hard fact that your loved one has died, and its final, its forever.

I'm not saying any more on the matter as her anniversary is in 2 days and perhaps that is what's "triggering" me.

I agree, and I dont like has passed ( passed to where?) or anything similar, death is part of life.

I suppose there's no right or wrong ……. its a personal thing, what right for one person/family might not feel right for another. Thanks for condolences.

For me it entirely depends on who I am talking about - and who I am talking to. If I am talking to someone elderly and they ask me about someone in my life - I might say "he has passed".

If I was talking to one of my mates about the same guy I might say "That feckor? Lets just say he never paid for a round while he was about - and he definitely isn't about to start now!".

"Player X has left the game"

Still died as far as I am concerned “passed away” sounds so flakey. As if people don’t want to face reality.

Also “passed away” makes me think of the American term “passed gas”.

People saying someone has "passed" annoys me. They are dead, that's it just say and stop beating around the bush

Died. Every time.

"Passed away" smacks of what you'd say to a child about the dog who "went away to live on a farm". Ridiculous hearing youtubers referring to soldiers in battle "passing away", no doubt nestled in a feather bed, surrounded by cherubs.

"Passed"

Passed what? A slow moving tractor? A gallstone? A heavy meal?