• this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Of the hundreds I have I have yet to carry a coffin. But regularly carry caskets. Even green burials which take place in wicker and reed “boxes” … They are made in flate panels and then strung together to form a large basket still refered to as a casket.

    This is quite literally down my area of operation though… some mayoffer coffins but know it isn’t a matter of just cost but sometimes offerings in the local area as well as regulations and customs … though most of it is very similar there can be quite wildly different processes.

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      4 days ago

      Yeah I think in addition to the jewelery association, “casket” has become the default term because “coffin” feels a little, idk, blasé? Something something euphemism treadmill