User talk:Usewik12/sandbox

Note: No one "reaches" or "turns" 110, on their 110th Birthday; they complete 110 years. They reach the completion of their 110th year of life, and begin their 111th. One must complete a full year (or full stated number of years), before one can celebrate it. On one's first birthday, they do not "reach" or "turn" one year old, they have just completed their first year of life, and are beginning their second. A birthday is an anniversary of the day one was born. An anniversary cannot be celebrated, unless the stated number of years have first been completed. By saying one "reaches" or "turns" a certain age, a false impression exists, that on one's 21st birthday (for example), they are just beginning their 21st year, when in fact, they are completing it. That is why it is in error, to use the words "turn" and "reach", when refering to any given birthday. Jeanne Calment had completed a full 122 years of life, and was 164 days into her 123rd year, when she passed away.

Technically there is only one "birth"day; the day one was born. However, if people are going to use the term "birthday" (as is common usuage), for the anniversary of one's birth, then get the numbers correct. On your first birthday, you begin the second year of your life. Every birthday is both the completion of the stated "birthday" number, and the beginning of the next.

That is why I have been changing the wording, to make it correct, not the way people think it should be.