I don’t watch the DVDs of the show everyday but I tend to make it through all of the seasons about once a year, whatever that averages out to. I just recently realized the significance of this conversation in season seven episode two:
RORY: There wasn’t really a point you know because I get it. He is starting his first real job. I mean, he needs time to adjust and focus and learn the lay of the land. I mean it’s good that he’s trying to be a grown-up. You no so now I’m trying to be a grown-up. So why am I gonna get all pouty because I don’t get to do it?
LORELAI: Well, that sounds like a real grown-up talking.
RORY: Thank you.
LORELAI: You know the one thing that grown-ups don’t call themselves?
RORY: What?
LORELAI: Grown-ups. Huh they say “adults,” and they pronounce it “ah-dults.”
RORY: It stinks!
LORELAI: Oh, it really stinks.
I always refer to people who are even a year or two older than me as “grown ups”. I do not consider myself to be in this category. So what do you say grown-ups or adults or peer group?
Saturday, 23. January 2010
“Old!” I refer to myself as old.
I never paid much attention, but I’ve heard a more than one person recently say adults as “ah-dults.” However, one of those is a person that say nuclear as “nucular.” Ah, potato…po-tah-toe.
Sunday, 24. January 2010
It seems that grown-ups will use the word “grown-up” when emphasizing the age difference/maturity, like Rory does above, and Susan Neiman does for her book: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9025.html At least it seems to be done for emphasis, but maybe not always.
Sunday, 24. January 2010
whoops, I mean Lorelai not Rory in my comment above.