On Thu, 15 May 2008 06:13:43 -0700 (PDT), Ralph B
 wrote:


>Wofe insists that the Swiss consider anyone over 10 is a "Teenager"
>and my linguistic and logical protests are in vain. (In my
>exasperation, I have not got around to checking the upper age limit.)

Are we married to the same person?

When our oldest turned 10, wife said "she's a teenager now".

My comments along the lines of "whose the native English speaker in
this family?" were quietly ignored....

Mike
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Mike Bayliss wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 06:13:43 -0700 (PDT), Ralph B
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>> Wofe insists that the Swiss consider anyone over 10 is a "Teenager"
>> and my linguistic and logical protests are in vain. (In my
>> exasperation, I have not got around to checking the upper age limit.)
> 
> Are we married to the same person?
> 
> When our oldest turned 10, wife said "she's a teenager now".
>
That'll be "She's so flaming hormonal, she's behaving like a typical 
teenager already, darn it" in mother-speak.

> My comments along the lines of "whose the native English speaker in
> this family?" were quietly ignored....

Always happy to translate ;-)

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