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Re:Are "teens" born or made? An interesting twist. by kenjackson on Monday March 07, 2011 @10:04PM (#2299647)
societies around the world who don't even have a word for "teen".

But isn't that just a matter of how they count? Admittedly it would be nicer if we said, tenie one, tenie two, tenie three, tenie four, etc... But he's saying that this is the crux of the problem?

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Re:Are "teens" born or made? An interesting twist. by nolanw on Monday March 07, 2011 @10:11PM (#2299672)
The article points out that the societies have no word for "adolescent". The parent was using a synonymous term, not one involving counting.
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