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Question for Grammarians

If you're born on July 19, 1990 and die on July 19, 2019, is a there a term for the same-date event?

by Anonymousreply 31July 20, 2019 6:47 PM

A question for grammarians riddled with grammar and punctuation errors.

Cute, OP.

by Anonymousreply 1July 19, 2019 4:57 PM

R1, glad you caught my purposeful errors.

by Anonymousreply 2July 19, 2019 5:16 PM

Ironic

by Anonymousreply 3July 19, 2019 5:36 PM

Other than 'coincidence' or in some cases 'karma', nope.

by Anonymousreply 4July 19, 2019 6:27 PM

Those are synchrodisannimus events, OP.

by Anonymousreply 5July 19, 2019 7:04 PM

Serious question here...What is the rule for using "bring" and "take"? I was always getting called on the carpet by my parents for using them incorrectly. Thanks!

by Anonymousreply 6July 19, 2019 7:08 PM

Ingrid Bergman died on her birthday. Ask her.

by Anonymousreply 7July 19, 2019 7:10 PM

Your question has nothing to do with grammar, OP.

by Anonymousreply 8July 19, 2019 7:11 PM

fatal natal day

by Anonymousreply 9July 19, 2019 7:54 PM

[quote] Those are synchrodisannimus events, OP.

Very impressive, R5, it looked real.

by Anonymousreply 10July 19, 2019 9:26 PM

I don't know, but a couple of decades ago I made up a statement about one's "Golden Birthday," which is when you're age matches the numeral that you were born on, so if you were born on January 14th, your golden birthday was when you turned 14. Now it seems to be a real thing.

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by Anonymousreply 11July 19, 2019 9:30 PM

W.S. Merwin wrote a poem "On the Anniversary of My Death." But I guess that doesn't help.

by Anonymousreply 12July 19, 2019 9:32 PM

[quote]is a there a term for the same-date event?

But it's not a same-date event, is it? Those dates are decades apart. And we usually just say someone died on their birthday as everyone understands what that means.

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by Anonymousreply 13July 19, 2019 9:51 PM

R11 we have celebrated golden birthdays in our family for decades. There are pics of my mother celebrating her golden b-day in 1952.

by Anonymousreply 14July 19, 2019 10:57 PM

r6 If you are going to a friend's house with a gift, you are "taking" it. If that person is coming to you, they are "bringing" the gift.

by Anonymousreply 15July 20, 2019 12:08 AM

When my sister was in nursing school, she learned that most people die within three months of their birthday.

by Anonymousreply 16July 20, 2019 12:10 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

by Anonymousreply 17July 20, 2019 12:17 AM

Y aunt was born on Feb 29th. So, she died at age 20 or so.

by Anonymousreply 18July 20, 2019 12:45 AM

R16 Three months before AND after? That's 6 months, so considering there are only 12 months in a year...yeah, I'd say roughly 50% of people die within 3 months of their b-day.

by Anonymousreply 19July 20, 2019 12:55 AM

[quote]Serious question here...What is the rule for using "bring" and "take"? I was always getting called on the carpet by my parents for using them incorrectly. Thanks!

R6 - the use of "bring" and "take" is in relation to a location.

"Bring" is used to describe movement toward a destination. You bring things TO a destination: Bring a bottle of win. Bring your books. I brought my car with me.

"Take" is used to describe movement away from a starting point. You take things FROM where you are now to where you will be: You should take a bottle of wine with you. Take your backpack when you go.

by Anonymousreply 20July 20, 2019 1:21 AM

[quote]The birthday effect (sometimes called the birthday blues, especially when referring specifically to suicide) is a statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday. The birthday effect has been seen in studies of general populations in England and Wales, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States, as well as in smaller populations such as Major League Baseball players.

[quote]The study, published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology, found that people over 60 were 14% more likely to die on their birthdays than on any other day.

by Anonymousreply 21July 20, 2019 1:24 AM

Got it. Thank you R15 and R20. I really appreciate it!

by Anonymousreply 22July 20, 2019 3:34 AM

Exception to R20:

I take the bus TO work.

by Anonymousreply 23July 20, 2019 3:38 AM

A thread filled with grammarians and no one caught this:

[quote]which is when you're age matches the numeral that you were born on

Oh, DEAR!

by Anonymousreply 24July 20, 2019 1:19 PM

Question about the golden birthday:

Say you were born on September 30.

When’s your golden birthday? I don’t get how this works. In the original example, January 14, I would think 114.

by Anonymousreply 25July 20, 2019 1:20 PM

^^^ Just the day of the month, exclude month unless you live to biblical ages.

by Anonymousreply 26July 20, 2019 1:28 PM

Oh, I see. Thanks, r26.

Seems like a strange custom, but OK.

by Anonymousreply 27July 20, 2019 1:55 PM

"Hilarious."

by Anonymousreply 28July 20, 2019 3:10 PM

[quote]Exception to [R20]:

[quote]I take the bus TO work.

No, you RIDE the bus to work.

But, if you really must "take" a bus, it would not be an exception. You take things FROM where you are now to where you will be.

Bring things toward a destination and take things away from a starting point.

So, you're taking the bus FROM home (or FROM your home stop) to work - or you take the bus to work.

by Anonymousreply 29July 20, 2019 3:24 PM

[quote]...is a there a term for the same-date event?

No, but there's an expression: "Oh shit."

by Anonymousreply 30July 20, 2019 4:34 PM

OP, feel free to ask punctuation questions. My assistant Randolf is waiting like a dog during Easter dinner.

Sorry, Randolf dear, but you are.

by Anonymousreply 31July 20, 2019 6:47 PM
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