Talk:twenties
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Age group[edit]
The first definition given is, "The age group that includes 20 through 29-year-olds." That sounds to me like the definition for twenty-somethings instead of twenties. Have I just missed that usage or do I misunderstand the definition? Rodasmith 22:01, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- I think that the group is twenties and the people are twenty-somethings e.g. "My children are in their twenties now." but "My son is a twenty-something." SemperBlotto 22:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm. We are experiencing some sort of semantic impedance. I cannot say, "look at the twenties loitering on Broadway" because the word twenties does not name a group of people. People in their twenties, however, does name a group of people. The word twenties names something in which those people are. Specifically, it names a decade of each person's life. When you say that your son is a twenty-something, you are saying that he is a member of the group called twenty-somethings. Rodasmith 22:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)