Comments on: Language issue: What to call older people? http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people Media for life's next chapter Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Robert Knechtel http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-202 Robert Knechtel Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:56:45 +0000 http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-202 hmm.. Seems I need to learn to spell "not". hmm.. Seems I need to learn to spell “not”.

]]> By: Robert Knechtel http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-201 Robert Knechtel Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:55:31 +0000 http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-201 I'm no old. I'm just chronologically advantaged. I’m no old. I’m just chronologically advantaged.

]]> By: The Tomato http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-177 The Tomato Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:11:38 +0000 http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-177 We tomatoes refer to ourselves as "women who aren't kids." We tomatoes refer to ourselves as “women who aren’t kids.”

]]> By: Richard Ciechan http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-173 Richard Ciechan Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.50plusdigital.com/blog/2007/08/language-question-what-do-you-call-older-people#comment-173 We have an even bigger problem in the UK as the term baby boomer is not regularly used. Also the problem with baby boomer is that it refers to a date of birth not an age. It therefore has a limited lifespan. We have created an organisation called "in my prime" which we think reflects better the 50-70 age bracket (see www.inmyprime.co.uk). Inhabitants of this time bracket can therefore be called inmyprimers, primers, primetimers etc. We also have a book recently released called "Primetastic!" We have an even bigger problem in the UK as the term baby boomer is not regularly used. Also the problem with baby boomer is that it refers to a date of birth not an age. It therefore has a limited lifespan.

We have created an organisation called “in my prime” which we think reflects better the 50-70 age bracket (see http://www.inmyprime.co.uk). Inhabitants of this time bracket can therefore be called inmyprimers, primers, primetimers etc.

We also have a book recently released called “Primetastic!”

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