On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 08:13, Janko Mihelić <jan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 22:16 Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have heard mourning chapel, mourning room, funeral chapel, funeral >> room. Chapel of rest does not seem right to me, though I understand how the >> funeral business would like that term better. >> >> But I'm not a native speaker. PCMIIW. >> > > I tried to google images of all these terms. They all find the right > thing, although IMHO images of chapel of rest and mourning room are most > concentrated and on the target. > > But I'm also not a native speaker. > 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. -- Paul
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