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by AStonesThrow
407 days ago
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The Anglophone world and especially the US has a special place in our hearts for "teens". Even though this man is legally an adult, yes, he is still a "teen" for another 1-2 years and that is good marketing P.R. Why pass up such a chance to tout his youth? I say "Anglophone world" because English is the only language that separates out our cardinal numbers from 13-19 because they end in "teen", and therefore it is somewhat a rite of passage for an English-speaking child to turn 13, and they enjoy special "teen" status until turning 20 years old. That's just how it is. Other cultures have other standards for youth and counting; we've got ours. An 18-year-old teen who develops something cool makes for a better headline than an "adult man" who does the same thing, doesn't it? |
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Most Germanic languages do. A lot of languages even have the same concept of a "teen", like "tiener" in Dutch. This whole comment is as confidently incorrect as an LLM