Re: Mothers' Day; "Teen"

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.
>
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> 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.
>
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> 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?
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> eldin
>

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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