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Etiquette

Ned FallNed Fall Member Posts: 662
edited September 2012 in General Discussion
the video about the guy going to the airport and greeting returning soldiers got me thinking [ usually a bad thing ] would it be wrong for a civilian to salute a soldier?

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  • Ned FallNed Fall Member Posts: 662
    edited November -1
    For you Emily Post's out there. For how long after he dies, do you refer to someone as the LATE John Doe?
  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As long as they are dead.......

    /Don


    Merc
  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,459 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mercury
    As long as they are dead.......

    /Don


    Merc


    gotta agree, as can't see how he can make it on time to any more meetings....................
  • JohnnyBGoodJohnnyBGood Member Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mercury
    As long as they are dead.......


    I don't think so. How often do you say "The late George Washington, or the late Elvis Presley? [:)]

    Johnny
  • KEVD18KEVD18 Member Posts: 15,037
    edited November -1
    until he's on time again.


    in reality, until theres a reasonable assumption that everyone is aware he's dead. maybe that takes a week, maybe a month, maybe a year. once you're confident that everybody listening to you speak about a dead guy is aware that he's dead, then you're just adding words that are no longer necessary.
  • COBmmcmssCOBmmcmss Member Posts: 1,174 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It used to be during the one whole year of the widow's grieving.
    Now it's just around 3 days - or until someone is dancing on his grave.

    The rules have changed.

    COB
  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
    until he's on time again.


    in reality, until theres a reasonable assumption that everyone is aware he's dead. maybe that takes a week, maybe a month, maybe a year. once you're confident that everybody listening to you speak about a dead guy is aware that he's dead, then you're just adding words that are no longer necessary.
    For some folks that would be about 150 years after his birth.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There's not really any specific rule I know of, it depends more on whether it's strangers or family that is being addressed.
    In wedding announcement you sometimes see "Daughter of the late Gladys Busybody" even though the mother may have died in childbirth.
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