wide array of death euphemisms

[Beverly Flanigan]

Thanks Mark this is a new phenomenon I encounter all the time in
undergraduate and especially email writing it annoys me too whatever
happened to freshman comp?!

At 01:10 PM 8/31/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>         >>>>>
>Date:    Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:05:08 EDT
>From:    Kara Everman <Karaeverman at AOL.COM>
>Subject: wide array of death euphemisms
>
>to identify with the life philosophy of laughing instead of crying where
>trouble is concerned is the fact of a wide array of these death euphemisms
>to buy the farm
>to bite the dust
>curtains
>to kick the bucket
>to punch ones ticket
>to sleep with the fishes
>to meet ones maker
>  where do these euphemisms originate and how are they made
>         <<<<<
>
>Dear Ms. Everman:
>
>to read unpunctuated text is rather a nuisance that is why punctuation was
>invented to provide to the reader who after all is not present when the text
>is being created a partial substitute for the writers speakers tone of voice
>prosody etc im not sure how to parse the first two lines of your message
>please use something at least approximating standard punctuation thank you
>in advance
>
>Also, what do you mean by (if I read it correctly) "to identify with [that
>philosophy] *is the fact of*" these euphemisms? I don't see anything happy
>in "biting the dust".
>
>Having gotten that off my chest, I'm sure you will get useful answers on
>this list.
>
>-- Sincerely,
>    Mark A. Mandel