Timeline for How do native speakers express a kid's age like "7¾" or "7½" in the spoken language?
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| May 25, 2017 at 0:52 | vote | accept | dennylv | ||
| May 22, 2017 at 10:22 | comment | added | Toby Speight | Also the satirical parody The Secret Diary of John Major Aged 47 and Three Quarters - both this and the Adrian Mole book are poking fun at the idea of people aged 10 or more still including a fraction in their age. | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 12:05 | comment | added | Dave | There's a very famous book from the 1980s - "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4" | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 10:55 | answer | added | Joseph Rogers | timeline score: 9 | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 10:14 | comment | added | ssav | Neither of those are things native speakers would say. "3 months to 8" just sounds weird. "over 7" implies "8 or older" not "almost 8". Stick with MaxW's suggestions. | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 6:12 | comment | added | dennylv | Can I say "over 7, almost 8"? | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 6:01 | comment | added | dennylv | Can I say "3 months to 8", then? | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 5:56 | comment | added | MaxW | I'd agree. To expand use weeks up to 4 weeks, then months up to 12, then years. Using half year is largest split. So 7, just over 7, 7 and a half, or almost 8. | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 5:50 | comment | added | Mamta D | 7 and half or almost 8 is what everyone would say, I guess. Have never come across anyone who says "7 and 3/4" | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 5:48 | history | asked | dennylv | CC BY-SA 3.0 |