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OP While listening to NPR yesterday I heard the reporter refer to an active centenarian as "spry." This term seems to be commonly used to refer to active older people, yet we (in the USA, at least) refer to active young people as simply "active." Why? And why, for that matter do we call older people "Senior Citizens?" They may be citizens of Guatemala or Greece, for all the speaker knows, so the term seems silly to me. How is it in the rest of the world?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Spry? Why? Geoff 06/01/02 01:22 AM Re: Spry? Why? pjandq 06/01/02 02:04 AM Re: Spry? Why? Geoff 06/01/02 04:48 AM Re: Spry? Why? Angel 06/01/02 02:26 AM Re: Spry? Why? FishonaBike 06/01/02 10:02 PM Re: Spry? Why? wordcrazy 06/02/02 03:13 AM Re: Spry? Why? Angel 06/02/02 03:28 AM Re: Spry? Why? Geoff 06/02/02 04:43 AM Re: Spry? Whom? I ? wow 06/03/02 05:05 PM Re: Spry? Whom? I ? Keiva 06/03/02 05:12 PM Re: Spry? Whom? I ? Geoff 06/04/02 02:08 AM Re: Spry? Whom? I ? Angel 06/04/02 03:00 AM
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