On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 5:42 AM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a native speaker but don't have any recent experience of attending > a funeral. However, the term currently preferred by funeral directors is > "chapel of rest." See > > https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/help-resources/arranging-a-funeral/what-is-a-chapel-of-rest > > That preference might change in the future, just as funeral directors is > a modern term for what used to be known as undertakers, but that is a > risk we have to live with. It is currently a term or art and the way most > funeral directors in the UK describe their "Have a look at the corpse" > room. > It is therefore the term most likely to be recognised by native speakers. > I just happened to be talking to a funeral owner yesterday. To be clear he is located in the US. I asked him the question - what do they call themselves. He said funeral home or some might use the term mortuary. He felt that mortuary is a more dated home. He did not offer up "chapel of rest." "Chapel of Rest" sounds to me more like a marketing term not something we should be using in OSM. Best, Clifford -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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