Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth

Marcus Smith wrote:
> To the contrary, I think some people do see the 'thirteen' through
> 'nineteen' words as compounds, especially given the widespread use of the
> word 'teens', as in "He's in his early teens". I say this because this is
> what I myself thought throughout much of my youth, and I'd hate to think I
> was the only one with such a silly idea. :)
My friend's boyfriend, who recently turned 20, informed her that he was
"twenteen", because, as he put it, "you're not really out of your teens
until you're twenty-one".  :-)

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