[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (Chapel of rest)

[Clifford Snow]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 5:42 AM Paul Allen <pla16021 at 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
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