Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday!! AS!! I am sorry that I couldn't give you a surprise this year since you are not here in Lubbock. But I think that the surprise from last year is still fresh in your memory. :)However, hope that you like the gift we got you._________________________________________________________
We were signing a birthday card for AS yesterday before sending it out, since she is working in another city now. We came across this argument.
PA: if you were born in 1980, you should say that you are 24 years old now, not 25, cause you are not done with your 25th year yet. So, in the birthday card, we should say 'Happy 24th Birthday' and not 25th.
LB: The convention is 25th, you go with the number that you are turning into, not the number that you are done with.
PA: Then when your daughter turn one, you said "One-Year-Old" birthday, you don't say "Two-year-old" birthday. You are inconsistent here.
LB: No, that's just for the one-year-old only....
PA: And why not for the ordinary as well?
LB: ......
NW: I agree with LB, that's the conventional way. But I think PZ made a point too. I like the PZ way better than the conventional way though....
LB: ......
ME: Well, that sounds like a very good argument, especially for PZ and NW, since you both were born before the end of Vietnam War, of course you both like the idea....
The last part is a little of inside joke. A clue is LB is the only male in this conversation. If you don't get it, I am sorry about that.
posted by Trouble @ 8:02 AM
1 Comments:
You should have told them "Chinese convention" way of counting age. But hey, I am forever 28. No arguement there.
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