Teenage = 13-19 (ends with -teen).

jacquesm · on Sept 12, 2009

> (which implies anybody between the age of 10 and 19 inclusive)

So ? That's what I wrote wasn't it ? I realize 19 is 'a teen' but it is at the end of the spectrum. Saying just 'teenage' makes it ambiguous and is suggestive of someone much younger than nineteen, you tend to guess that must be in the middle of the range, whereas in fact it was the last entry in the range.

yangyang · on Sept 12, 2009

I'm being pedantic, yes, but it's 13 to 19 inclusive. Not 10 to 19.

jacquesm · on Sept 12, 2009

This is a language issue then, here in NL when you are '10' you are officially a 'tiener', even if you are a young one.

It used to be 13 to 20 here, but that was a long time ago.

Apologies, I just took the dutch word 'tiener' to mean 'teenager' in English. My bad.

So that raises the median age by a year and a half.