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The profession was brought form the darkness into the light. Just a theory.
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I don't think it was a device, however, I do think we've said these things in culture to make things sound nicer. I still hear the other words used as well, though.
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Undertaker came from the idea that certain carpenters were willing to make coffins...and therefore "undertake" funeral work.
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I tend to use all of these words at one point or another. I don't exactly know what is "politically correct", just whatever comes to mind first. I use tombstone, grave marker, headstone, crypt, vault, mortiican, memorial park, etc.
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