Committing Suicide

[bednobs]

is that always the expression?
you commit murder, and someone has been murdered
if you cmmit suicide, can you be suicided?

[society]

What!?

How you doing Bednobs?

[sara3]

nah, I don't think someone can do suicide to you!

[sara3]

commit suicide on you??

pah.

[bednobs]

i was just thinking about it today as one of my work colleagues was talking about her brother who committed suicide. if you had stolen something, you wouldn't say "i committed theft" would you?
i'm ok thanks (not thinking of suiciding or anything)

[erin-x]

To commit... To do, perform or perpetrate.

I can't think of an alternative for suicided. I get what you mean but it's kind of hurting my head trying to think about it. You've confused me! Lol!

[sara3]

you can commit theft!

[bednobs]

i know you can but you would say "i committed theft" would you

[DTCwordfan]

I thought "suicide" meant to hang around.

[sara3]

well, you wouldn't say "I committed suicide" realistically ;o)

[DTCwordfan]

I remember the yarn of the guy walking into Glasgow Central Library.

He was 'greeted' by a middle aged woman, rather prudish, in a tweed suit, horn-rimmed glasses - you get the picture.

"Dae yer 'af a bouk on suicide then?"

"Awae wi yer; yer nae bringin' it back."

[rojash]

You can commit homicide but you can't be homicided.

This is because murder is both a noun and a verb, but suicide and homicide are only nouns.

[woofgang]

the phrase "he/she suicided" is used.

[Connemmara]

You can't say I committed suicide - you would be too dead!

[FredPuli43]

You commit crimes and sins. Suicide has been regarded as a sin, as, for example, has adultery. Attempted suicide used to be illegal in Britain. Hence you would commit suicide.

[EDDIE51]

Did you hear about Mr Yatamoto , the worlds worst kamikaze pilot.
He flew 23 missions !

[society]

lol @ "You can't say I committed suicide - you would be too dead! " - makes sense to me. :)

[rojash]

"the phrase "he/she suicided" is used."

I think that should read "the phrase "he/she suicided" is used incorrectly"

[karenmac60]

DT - are there a lot of Yorkshire folk in Glasgow then? ;)

[maggiebee]

No, it's not always the expression. At Samaritans we never use this expression. We always say taking ones own life, or thinking about taking ones own life. However, we do talk about a completed suicide.

[jno]

Eddie, I thought the world's worst kamikaze pilot was 'Chicken' Teriyaki?

Yes, committed suicide is a normal phrase (as is 'killed himself', 'took his own life' etc), but I don't think the word suicide as a verb is very common at all.