Re: Mothers' Day; "Teen"

   Ireland celebrates Mothers Day, and Fathers Day for that matter.
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     From:  "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
     Reply-To:  Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
     To:  CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
     Subject:  Re: Mothers' Day; "Teen"
     Date:  Sun, 14 May 2006 17:37:54 -0400
     >I just got back to the States today, and I can tell you that Italy
     >and
     >the Netherlands definitely celebrate Mother's Day today...
     >
     >On 5/14/06, Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> wrote:
     >>Today is "Mothers' Day" in the United States of America.
     >>I don't know what other countries also celebrate a "Mothers' Day",
     >>nor, if
     >>any do, which of them also celebrate on the second Sunday in May.
     >>
     >>----
     >>
     >>I looked up the following in Merriam Webster's Collegiate
     >>Dictionary Tenth
     >>Edition.
     >>
     >>"teen"
     >>(noun)
     >>[Middle English "tene",
     >>from Old English "teona" meaning "injury" or "grief";
     >>akin to Old Norse "tjon" meaning "loss" or "damage"]
     >>(14th century)
     >>(archaic):
     >>MISERY or AFFLICTION.
     >>
     >>----
     >>
     >>Now, were they talking about how a teen (1818) or teener (189x) or
     >>teenager
     >>(early 19xx) makes the rest of his/her family feel?
     >>Or about how the teen feels, himself/herself?
     >>
     >>-----
     >>
     >>eldin
     >>
     >
     >
     >--
     >Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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