It is calibre's 10th birthday

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Well, it's 10-age, so it runs from 10 to 19. It might not be as noticable at first, to work up to a max around 15 and then (normally) go back down again around 18.

Ummm... no. The English numbers are

ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen

You might have a non-English word for those from 10 to 19 inclusive, but in English a teenager must be 13 to 19 inclusive.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Ummm... no. The English numbers are

ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen

You might have a non-English word for those from 10 to 19 inclusive, but in English a teenager must be 13 to 19 inclusive.

No, our words are almost similar to the English ones (elf, twaalf, dertien, veertien, etc) but in Dutch the word teenager is also used for 10 to 12.

[Zetmolm]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

No, our words are almost similar to the English ones (elf, twaalf, dertien, veertien, etc) but in Dutch the word teenager is also used for 10 to 12.

Well, the online Van Dale says about 'tiener' (the Dutch word for teenager): someone who is 13-19 years old. But other dictionaries also include 10-12. So I guess that for Dutch either definition will do. There is no 'right' or 'wrong', there is just inconsistent usage. The same might apply for English.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Ummm... no. The English numbers are

ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen

You might have a non-English word for those from 10 to 19 inclusive, but in English a teenager must be 13 to 19 inclusive.

There is a problem here. In some places, you can be an adult at 16 or 18. In that case, you are an adult and not a teenager even though you are in your teens. So what do you call someone who is an adult at 18? When I was 18, I was a full adult. I didn't have to wait for 21 to be a full adult. I was not a teenager at 18 because I was an adult.

And while on the subject of age labels, young adult for books is wrong. YA means for teens. But, you cannot be a YA unless you are an adult. You are either an adult or you are not. So the term YA is worthless.

And yo get back on topic, I hope Calibre has another 10 very good years.

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Not for another three years! calibre is only ten, not thirteen!

Well....my mother tells me she started smoking at 10. Of course, times were different in the 50s, I guess.

[higgs]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

There is a problem here. In some places, you can be an adult at 16 or 18. In that case, you are an adult and not a teenager even though you are in your teens. So what do you call someone who is an adult at 18? When I was 18, I was a full adult. I didn't have to wait for 21 to be a full adult. I was not a teenager at 18 because I was an adult.

And while on the subject of age labels, young adult for books is wrong. YA means for teens. But, you cannot be a YA unless you are an adult. You are either an adult or you are not. So the term YA is worthless.

And yo get back on topic, I hope Calibre has another 10 very good years.

Being an adult and being a teenager are not mutually exclusive. You can be both at 18/19, as I once was.
Similarly you can be a both a child and a teenager, as I also once was (I was also once all three).
I now am both an adult and middle-aged (and to my nieces/nephews old).

IMHO Being an adult/child is more about maturity than age, whereas being a teenager is being aged 13-19 regardless of maturity.
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PS I almost forgot, Happy Birthday Calibre.
To be honest I've been using it that long from I first got my Sony prs505 that i can't believe its been only 10 years.

[badgoodDeb]

Happy Birthday, Calibre -- and thank you so much, Kovid!

[skb]

A very happy birthday, Calibre!!!

Thank you Kovid and Krittika for all your efforts over the last decade! Much appreciated.

[antistar]

Happy birthday Calibre! Recommended Calibre to many friends and they all think it is wonderful! Thank you Kovid!!

[kovidgoyal]

You're welcome And thanks for all the support!

[blackcatw81]

Happy birthday (I'm late I know) thank you for this marvelous program

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Well....my mother tells me she started smoking at 10. Of course, times were different in the 50s, I guess.

As my father told me, it was *expected* for man to be smoking in the 60's. There even was a radio commercial back then, that had as slogan: "Het is geen man die niet roken kan." (In Dutch it rhymes. The translation is: "He who can't smoke isn't a man.")

This guy over here confirms what my father said.

Je moet niet vergeten, dat roken er vroeger gewoon bijhoorde. De spreuk `Het is geen man die niet roken kan' is al heel oud en die heeft wel goud opgebracht: omstreeks 1960 rookte grofweg 90% van alle Nederlandse mannen.

Translation:

You shouldn't forget that smoking was normal back then. The saying "He who can't smoke isn't a man" is very old, and it has earned gold: around 1960, about 90% of Dutch men were smoking.

Today, a commercial such as that one would be unthinkable. It is said that nowadays, only 15-20% of people older than 15 are smoking in the Netherlands.

[LadyKate]

What is amazing is that kovidgoyal has been telling users that they can't change the directory structure of the Calibre directory for 10 years!

I know I was resistant at first to the structure until I got used to managing my library without moving the books around until I had saved them from Calibre to my "take to android" directory.

It took Calibre to finally be able to manage my ebooks in a better way than just by author author-series-title.

So, a belated happy birthday to my favorite ebook utility program. I'd be totally lost without Calibre.

[r0bis]

Congratulations! A very happy birthday to you!

This is one of the really important open source projects!

Best wishes, Rob

[Lanson]

Happy Birthday.
I wish i could do more than donating and reporting (sometimes outdated) bugs in vintage files....