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Bao Sanniang

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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:31 pm

When a person dies, the only real way I change how I talk about him or her is I change the present tense to the past tense.

For instance, "Michael Jackson is a *****" becomes "Michael Jackson was a *****", Or "Elvis is awesome" to "Elvis was awesome" though I wasn't alive for that one.

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:45 pm

Is it the same way with those you may have known personally on any level?

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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:11 pm

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Is it the same way with those you may have known personally on any level?

The closer I or the person who lost a loved one was was to the person the more sentimental I get. ^^;

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:25 am

Maybe it is the way we describe them as the Late Elvis or the Late Michael. We condition ourselves to think late as the past tense.

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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:28 am

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Is it the same way with those you may have known personally on any level?

The closer I or the person who lost a loved one was was to the person the more sentimental I get. ^^;

Ah. That seems normal enough. 3nodding Your celebrity examples sound like they're matter of fact since it's not like you knew them personally. That doesn't necessarily imply anything negative I would think.

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