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What obituary language can you translate for us?
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January 2nd, 2011
I was reading this:
Writers of obituaries have always been drawn to the vagueness of suffer-fools-gladly. Obits, of course, frequently appear in code. “Confirmed bachelor,” for instance, means homosexual, and “lived life to the full” often means a drunk. I recently came across an English writer who, translating obituary language, explained that “didn’t suffer fools gladly” means “cantankerous old git.”
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