To find the use of 'passed' instead of died irritating?

I think that came out more harshly than I intended.
I didn't mean to be rude.

Oh, I also say she died too; it depends on the situation and how fragile I'm feeling on any given day.
Sometimes I just let people assume she is still alive, because its all I can manage.

Hear hear MissA
What is it to anybody else, it is a very personal choice.

I say my daughter passed away, and if it irritates or offends, just thank your lucky stars you aren't having to face what I and some other mothers here have had to.

, I don’t understand why people are troubled with how others choose to speak of death , if one chooses to say died say it, if passed, passed away , fell asleep, fell of their perch, snuffed it then say it, personal choice and all worthy of respect surely

....or if you have a bad memory Lemongrove
I find all these euphemisms strange why do people write on headstones ‘so and so who feel asleep on....’ I even find lost a funny one you have experienced a loss which is different to losing something which makes me think of carelessness
I suppose they are all comfort words or maybe come and go in and out of fashion

Does it matter?? If you believe in an afterlife, it’s whats happened.

Whatever people are comfortable with, it’s choice

Yes, we have had this thread at least twice before, but if you're new to GN you are not to know that.

It irritates me as well. I don't know when passed away was shortened to passed but why not just say died.

Yes, I find it a bit strange too. I've noticed it creeping in on the news.
I think there's been a thread on this topic before, though can't remember which forum, so don't know if you'll get many responses, but I didn't want to read and ignore. ?