# Poll: Are you older or younger than I? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328 "2005-11-10T02:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/81 "2005-11-12T07:01:58Z")
Older. Turned 46 on August 30. Although the responses on the first page of this thread were about evenly divided, your seniors now enjoy a 48-25 advantage over the younger set. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/82 "2005-11-12T07:39:52Z")
slightly younger. I’m a 279 month old baby. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/83 "2005-11-12T08:16:38Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > Oh, and the title should be “younger than me,” if you want to be all grammatical and whatall. [Not necessarily](http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html). And _The Columbia Guide to Standard American English_ says, > [@](#): > > _Than_ is both a subordinating conjunction, as in _She is wiser than I am_, and a proposition, as in _She is wiser than me_. As a subject of the clause introduced by the conjunction _then_, the pronoun must be nominative, and as object of the preposition _than_, the following pronoun must be in the objective case. Since the following verb _am_ is often dropped or “understoood,” we regularly hear _than I_ and _than me_. Some commentators believe that the conjunction is currently more frequent than the preposition, but both are unquestionably Standard. ---
**Author:** ![ms.deanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@ms.deanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms.deanna)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/84 "2005-11-12T22:36:47Z")
Older. Turned 42 on November 6 ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/85 "2005-11-12T23:46:31Z")
Younger, 18 (and a half!) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/86 "2005-11-13T00:26:16Z")
I am older – 62. Born July 14, 1943. Just thrilled as the dickens to know that **John Carter of Mars** is older than I am! ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/87 "2005-11-13T02:00:10Z")
Older. More’n double. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/88 "2005-11-13T02:14:54Z")
Older. Twice the age of **NinjaChick** , **Revenant Threshold** , **fetus** , **ErinPuff** , **Talon Karrde** , and **myskepticsight**. And out of college by the time \*\*dare\_devil007\_ \*\*was born. Thanks a lot, guys. I didn’t feel old until today. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/89 "2005-11-13T02:24:25Z")
Older, 45. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/90 "2005-11-13T03:03:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > > [@fishbicycle](#): > > > > Older. 47. > > me too! 😃 And me. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/91 "2005-11-13T03:06:42Z")
Older, 34. [sub][sub][sub][sub]Old enough to have to shave my ears[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] :eek: ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/92 "2005-11-13T03:09:05Z")
Older. I was already a father of two children at 25, both of them are in college now. So make that much older. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/93 "2005-11-13T19:30:11Z")
Younger by a bit. I turn 25 on January 21. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/94 "2005-11-13T19:40:31Z")
And **Crotalus** and I have the same birthday! Neat! ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/95 "2005-11-20T01:40:12Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I am older – 62. Born July 14, 1943. > > Just thrilled as the dickens to know that **John Carter of Mars** is older than I am! Shout out to a fellow Bastiller! 🙂 July 14th, but you turned 24 the day I was born, sorry. ☹ But hey, at least you’re not old enough to be my mother! 🙂 She’s… well, just shy of two years older than you. :o ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/96 "2005-11-20T02:40:22Z")
Older, 42. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/97 "2005-11-20T04:26:39Z")
Older, 36. Man, where’d the years go? I’d bitch but I’m having a great time! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/98 "2005-11-20T04:49:06Z")
Waayy older. I turned 63 on November 10. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/99 "2005-11-20T05:07:04Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > And _The Columbia Guide to Standard American English_ says, You’d think they could proofread well enough not to misspell ‘preposition’ as ‘proposition,’ or ‘than’ as ‘then,’ especially given that the latter was the subject of the selection! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328/100 "2005-11-20T06:27:40Z")
Older, but not a whole lot older. I’m 28. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-older-or-younger-than-i/330328.md?page=6)