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- From: ECZ5EJH%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu (Emily Horning)
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- Subject: Re: X or 13? You decide! (was Re: Now for something..)
- Message-ID: <WORDS-L%92122116330599@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:30:00 GMT
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
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- > I'll have to read the Atlantic article, but Generation X'ers
- > are those who were born in the 1960's. So Jenna, //anne//, Alec, and
- > Rashmi are all X'ers. Aaron, Lisa, and the VMI'ers, on the other hand,
- > were all probably born in the 1970's (assuming they are average aged
- > college students). They are not X'ers. Perhaps they are the
- > Thirteeners the article was talking about?
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- I've also heard the term "Baby Busters", which I've never liked very much.
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- > Rita Rouvalis Electronic Frontier Foundation
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- Emily, also born in the 60s
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