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From: "D. Spencer Hines" <>
Subject: Re: Life Expectancy at Birth
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 07:10:43 +0100


What the Hell.

Let's just shove "teener" ---- "teenage" ---- "teenaged" ---- and
"teenager" all down the Memory Hole.

George Orwell would be proud of us.

Again, G. Moreau is precise and correct in her thrust ---- these words
and the concepts behind them do not belong in the Middle Ages.

They don't belong in the ruddy 21st Century either.
--

D. Spencer Hines

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

"The final happiness of man consists in the contemplation of truth....
This is sought for its own sake, and is directed to no other end beyond
itself." Saint Thomas Aquinas, [1224/5-1274] "Summa Contra Gentiles"
[c.1258-1264]

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"D. Spencer Hines" <> wrote in message
news:...

| _Teenage_ seems to date from just 1921, in English.
|
| _Teener_ from 1894.
|
| If we get rid of both words we may be able to get rid of some of the
| excesses as well. <g> We need to track the economic impacts,
however.
|
| Be that as it may, G. Moreau is correct. We shouldn't use it to apply
| to the Middle Ages.
|
| It's quite anachronistic so employed.
| --
|
| D. Spencer Hines
|
| Lux et Veritas et Libertas
|
| "The final happiness of man consists in the contemplation of truth....
| This is sought for its own sake, and is directed to no other end
beyond
| itself." Saint Thomas Aquinas, [1224/5-1274] "Summa Contra Gentiles"
| [c.1258-1264]
|
| All replies to the newsgroup please. Thank you kindly.
|
| All original material contained herein is copyright and property of
the
| author. It may be quoted only in discussions on this forum and with
an
| attribution to the author, unless permission is otherwise expressly
| given, in writing.
|
| Vires et Honor.
|
| "Brian M. Scott" <> wrote in message
| news:...
| | On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 06:41:46 +0200, gmoreau
| | <> wrote:
| |
| | >Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:48:25 GMT, Brian M. Scott <>
| | >crivait:
| |
| | >> Still,
| | >>under Salic Law the age of majority was 12, which was also the
| | >>earliest age at which the sons of the nobility were eligible for
| | >>dubbing in the high Middle Ages (54), so there doubtless were
| | >>teenagers holding positions of some authority.
| |
| | >I personnaly disapprove the use a "teenager" for the Middle Age.
| | >Teenage is an invention of the XXth century, it does not correspond
| to
| | >anything back in the MA.
| |
| | It certainly does, when it is understood to refer to the ages 13 -
19
| | (which is how I intended it to be understood). Obviously these ages
| | were not then viewed in the way that the word 'teenager' often calls
| | to mind, but the word is still useful if one remembers that fact.
| |
| | [...]
| |
| | Brian M. Scott

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