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0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-11, 11-14, 14-8 years old

English translation: I would adjust the categories a bit

19:13 Sep 14, 2003
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
English term or phrase: 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-11, 11-14, 14-8 years old
How would you call a child that is 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-11, 11-14, 14-8 years old?
Mihai Badea (X)
Luxembourg
Selected answer:I would adjust the categories a bit
Explanation:
0-1 infant
2-3 toddler
4-6 young child
7-10 - child
11-13 preteen
14-19 teenager

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Note added at 17 hrs 8 mins (2003-09-15 12:21:49 GMT)
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Ooops, as our colleague pointed out, the last two categories should be:

11-12 preteen
13-19 teenager
Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 12:33
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +15I would adjust the categories a bit
Marian Greenfield
5Recognized developmental periods
J. Leo (X)
4Age groups
Empty Whiskey Glass
4suckling...
Jirina Nevosadova


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Age groups


Explanation:
Without being sure enough about the nature of the question, I would propose to use "age group" to indicate the above.

Empty Whiskey Glass
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in pair: 61
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
suckling...


Explanation:
0-1 suckling
1-3 toddler
3-6 pre-school child
6-11 young school child
11-14 school child
14-18 youth
(or teenager - it relates to 13-19 year old people)

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Note added at 2003-09-16 04:00:13 (GMT) Post-grading
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It is surprising. There is the same mistake in several dictionaries. They suggest kojenec (in Czech) - suckling, although \"kojenec\" can be only used about babies - those who are nursed. It cannot be used about animals. Thank you for your comment.

Jirina Nevosadova
Czech Republic
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marian Greenfield: hmmm... I think of pigs, not humans, when I hear suckling... and by 5 kids are in school, so are not preschoolers (which would be the appropriate term)
1 hr
  -> It depends. In my country children go to school at the age of 6. But you are right, this is not the case of UK. My disctionary says suckling is OK for babies, too. Maybe this is not used in US.
neutral  Louise Mawbey: I have also never heard suckling being used for humans (UK English native speaker)
10 hrs
  -> Thank you. There must be a mistake in my dictionary.
neutral  Sarah Ponting: "suckling: a young mammal that has not been weaned" (American Heritage Dictionary) but NOT used in reference to human babies in English, even though my IT>EN dictionary also proposes it as a translation for the Italian "lattante" (unweaned baby)
11 hrs
  -> Thank you. There must be a mistake in my dictionary.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +15
I would adjust the categories a bit


Explanation:
0-1 infant
2-3 toddler
4-6 young child
7-10 - child
11-13 preteen
14-19 teenager

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Note added at 17 hrs 8 mins (2003-09-15 12:21:49 GMT)
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Ooops, as our colleague pointed out, the last two categories should be:

11-12 preteen
13-19 teenager

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 732

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  achisholm
2 mins
agree  Alaa Zeineldine: Of course there are no real sharp boundaries between the categories. Also the 17-19 year olds can be called youth.
3 mins
  -> absolutely... no hard and fast categories, but I think I gave a pretty good approximation.
agree  Olga Simon
31 mins
agree  Peter Linton (X): Neat categorisation. But where do brats fit in?
1 hr
  -> mostly in the 2-3 and preteen categories, I think... preteen gigglers are the worst!!!!! That was the only time it got painful to chaperone my niece's birthday parties (vbg)
agree  airmailrpl: 17-19 year olds "airheads"
2 hrs
  -> hmm, I think "airheadism" starts at 16 (vvbg)....
agree  JCEC
4 hrs
agree  Syeda Tanbira Zaman
6 hrs
agree  PAS: um, is thirteen a preteen?
11 hrs
  -> no, thanks for pointing that out....
agree  Louise Mawbey
11 hrs
agree  HRiley
12 hrs
agree  vixen
13 hrs
agree  Sarah Ponting: 13-19: teenagers (what fun: I've got 3 of them)
13 hrs
  -> Oh my!!!!
agree  David Moore (X)
15 hrs
agree  Gayle Wallimann
17 hrs
agree  AhmedAMS
6 days
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Recognized developmental periods


Explanation:
0-1.1 Newborn/infants
1-2.5 Toddler/tot
2.5-6 Preschool age
6-11 Middle childhood
11-13 Preadolescence
13-18 Adolescence
18-20 Young adulthood


These ages are referred to by all personality theorists in one way or another.

J. Leo (X)
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 51
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