Stupid question..........
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generation [Show phonetics]
group noun [C]
1 all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family:
The younger generation smoke/smokes less than their parents did.
There were at least three generations - grandparents, parents and children - at the wedding.
It's our duty to preserve the planet for future generations.
This painting has been in the family for generations.
See also generation at generate.
2 a group of products or machines which are all at the same stage of development:
a new generation of low-fat margarines
Scientists are working on developing the next generation of supercomputers.
3 a period of about 23 to 30 years, in which most human babies become adults and have their own children:
A generation ago, home computers were virtually unknown.
4 first/second/third, etc. generation describes the nationality of someone belonging to the first/second/third, etc. group of people of the same age in the family to have been born in that country:
She's a second generation American (= her parents were American, although their parents were not).
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=32476&dict=CALD&desc=generation
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Ta.
About the above though, in a practical sense, is there a rough number of years that one could use to define a generation. If so, what is it?
Ta.
About the above though, in a practical sense, is there a rough number of years that one could use to define a generation. If so, what is it?
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I would accept #3, a generation is from when a baby is born to when they start having kids.
So roughly 20-25 years I'd reckon.
I would accept #3, a generation is from when a baby is born to when they start having kids.
So roughly 20-25 years I'd reckon.
El Scorcho
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I tend to go on Star Trek captains.
I was always taught that a generation is generally accepted to be around 25 years.
IMO these days a generation is somewhere between 10-15 years. With the changing face of technology and like, the world is moving at a much faster pace.
Generation X wasn't that long ago. Generation Y has already taken over, and Generation Z may not be far away. There is no real concrete answer for the number of years, its dictated more by the way in which society develops.
When you think most music they are now making sucks, and that young adults are complete mindless idiots, and grand liberal humanitarian thoughts become ridiculous concepts because you now have to pay for them rather than think of them, then your generation has gone down the conveyer belt toward the landfill.
When 19 year old girls stop saying, "Hellloooooo" and start saying, "Excuse me, sir," then go ahead and jump in the box. That's the first nail in the lid.
No definite time period though.
Peace,
When 19 year old girls stop saying, "Hellloooooo" and start saying, "Excuse me, sir," then go ahead and jump in the box. That's the first nail in the lid.
No definite time period though.
Peace,
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Check.
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Check. But, can I change 'young adults' to a more broad 'people' type reference?
Anything that I have to pay for is ridiculous. Including sex.
But, I am 21 years old....
So which stage are you at Mooster?
Still getting the ''Hellloooooo'', or have you descended into being a well respected ''Sir'' in your local community...?
Personally, I am still getting the '' **** off you dirty freak'' type deal, so I am confused in regards to my position.
