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#184851 - 05/19/09 09:39 PM Finding a word
Gene stranger Registered: 05/19/09 Posts: 1 Loc: United States	I would like to know if there is a word for this birthday event: when the chronological age matches the day of the same month - becoming 29 on the 29th of May. Thank you, Gene
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#184852 - 05/20/09 12:16 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: Gene]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass	anniversial coincidence
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#184853 - 05/20/09 02:03 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: tsuwm]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Welcome Gene. I doubt if it has a word of it's own but I like coincidences like that.
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#184857 - 05/20/09 05:03 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: Gene]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	As this can happen only once in a lifetime it's worth a good celebration.
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#184859 - 05/20/09 06:10 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13658	Originally Posted By: BranShea As this can happen only once in a lifetime it's worth a good celebration. And sometimes not at all (and I'm not talking about early death).
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#184860 - 05/20/09 06:24 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: Faldage]
latishya enthusiast Registered: 11/24/07 Posts: 390 Loc: कहीं &...	Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: BranShea As this can happen only once in a lifetime it's worth a good celebration. And sometimes not at all (and I'm not talking about early death). Are you suggesting that there are not likely to be many people who make 116 orbits of the Sun?
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#184862 - 05/20/09 10:21 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	You mean the Febuary leap day thing? Born on Feb. 29 and becoming 29 just when there is no 29? Could happen, how sad.
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#184863 - 05/20/09 11:07 AM Re: Finding a word [Re: BranShea]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Originally Posted By: BranShea You mean the Febuary leap day thing? Born on Feb. 29 and becoming 29 just when there is no 29? Could happen, how sad. no, everyone only has one day in their life that this will hold true. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#184864 - 05/20/09 01:22 PM Re: Finding a word [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	That's what I thought too at first. Everyone gets one birthday sort of juxtaposition up to when we get 32. But you only get 29 once and when you are born on Feb. 29 and by coincidence it is the year without the 29th Feb. in it, you missed your chance forever and always. No?
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#184865 - 05/20/09 02:51 PM Re: Finding a celebratory word [Re: BranShea]
Owlbow enthusiast Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 389 Loc: Rhode Island, USA	If one was born on 2/29/2008 - 2037 has no Feb. 29th. So if you lived only 115 yrs. - no But if you made it to 2/29/2124, Yes! You might want to have a very very very good celebration. I was born on the 15th - I'm all set. Edited by Owlbow (05/20/09 02:56 PM)
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