Public Research: Age Groups - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 01-24-2006, 06:12 AM

This is also part of wider Public Research Project. Not much to discuss in this particular thread (this is more like a survey than anything else so far), unless you wish to share with us what was your age when you became acquainted with Tolkien. The poll is supposed to collect information scattered through three 'Age Clubs' and other related threads of the forum

[edit]In case intro was somewhat unclear (it seems it indeed was), let me stress that the poll itself concerns your actual age. [end of edit]

Again, the poll is private, so no one will learn your age unless you wish to make it public in the post. Ages can be learned from viewing member public details, true, but I suppose it will be more suitable to have these in one place. Besides, according to 'member details' information, some of the Downers are couple of hundred years old, so informaiton there must be, er... inaccurate.

PS. Again - there is an option 'over 100' up there, but please, please - humour is all very well in proper places, but do not mess up the poll out of sheer playfulness. Thanks

Mithalwen · 01-24-2006, 11:27 AM

But which of those categories is " a certain age"?

the guy who be short · 01-24-2006, 11:36 AM

Nice polling work, but I suspect that a wider range between the ages of 13-40 and a smaller range at the upper end would perhaps have been better.

As for myself, I was probably very small when I discovered Tolkien.

Formendacil · 01-24-2006, 02:43 PM

Erm... I'm a bit confused.

Is this a poll concerning our current age, or the age at which we discovered Tolkien?

I thought it was the first, but now I'm thinking the second...

Please elucidate.

Anguirel · 01-24-2006, 02:50 PM

I too was confused, but I think I've solved the mystery...

Quote:

Originally Posted by HerenIstarion

Not much to discuss in this particular thread (this is more like a survey than anything else so far), unless you wish to share with us what was your age when you became acquainted with Tolkien.

I read the Hobbit at five, and Lord of the Rings at six, though I was seven by the time I finished...I didn't become truly obsessed, though, till I read the Silmarillion, at, I hazard, about twelve.

Formendacil · 01-24-2006, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anguirel

I too was confused, but I think I've solved the mystery...

I read the Hobbit at five, and Lord of the Rings at six, though I was seven by the time I finished...I didn't become truly obsessed, though, till I read the Silmarillion, at, I hazard, about twelve.

Ah...

How did I miss that?

Anyway, to vote.

Amanaduial the archer · 01-24-2006, 03:47 PM

Woops. I may have answered slightly incorrectly then, having filled in the 13-20 bracket; I read LotR when I was about 11 or 12 (year 7 anyway), and the Hobbit when I was in year 3 or 4 (so somewhere between age 7 and 9). Sorry...

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-24-2006, 03:52 PM

The poll question concerns our actual age at this time. Additional information on the age at which we read LotR etc. is optional for those who wish to post about it.

Formendacil · 01-24-2006, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

The poll question concerns our actual age at this time. Additional information on the age at which we read LotR etc. is optional for those who wish to post about it.

NOW you tell me!!

Too late... I've posted into the wrong category then, for I am assuredly not under the age of 13 at this time.

Eönwë · 02-10-2008, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amanaduial the archer

Woops. I may have answered slightly incorrectly then, having filled in the 13-20 bracket; I read LotR when I was about 11 or 12 (year 7 anyway), and the Hobbit when I was in year 3 or 4 (so somewhere between age 7 and 9). Sorry...

Me too, except move everything 1/2 years earlier

Rikae · 02-11-2008, 07:14 AM

Hmm... well, didn't answer the optional part of this yet...
I read The Hobbit when I was 7, if I recall correctly - LOTR when I was 8. I started the Silm when I was 8, lost the book, and finished it when I was 28.

Cailín · 01-24-2006, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anguirel

I read the Hobbit at five, and Lord of the Rings at six, though I was seven by the time I finished...I didn't become truly obsessed, though, till I read the Silmarillion, at, I hazard, about twelve.

Wow. I couldn't even read when I was five, let alone finish any more intelligent books than "Mary and her Little Basket" when I was six. Are you quite sure you're human?

At least there was no confusion for me - I am still the exact same age as I was when I first read the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. Miraculous, no?

Elu Ancalime · 01-24-2006, 04:35 PM

Ahh...I just realized it is what age of Tolkien aquaintance, but since I've really have only been interested in Tolkien for a few years (the first Tolkien thing was seeing Two Towers with a friend), I guess that would be....Seventh Grade for me? So....my age and Tolkieness are in the same bracket. What a lucky break!
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MICHIGAN DISPENSARIES

Aiwendil · 01-24-2006, 04:45 PM

Repeat of Clarification

Quote:

Ahh...I just realized it is what age of Tolkien aquaintance

No - it's actual, current age. Additional information on the age of first acquaintance with Tolkien is optional.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 01-24-2006, 04:53 PM

First acquaintance with That Guy's Work: I turned twelve a few weeks before.

View Poll Results: I'm so old I forgot my own name... or, precisely:
Under 13	3	3.00%
13 to 20	55	55.00%
21 to 32	24	24.00%
33 to 45	11	11.00%
46 to 59	6	6.00%
60 to 75	0	0%
76 to 84	0	0%
85 to 91	0	0%
92 to 99	0	0%
100 and older	1	1.00%
Voters: 100. You may not vote on this poll

01-24-2006, 06:12 AM	#1
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Public Research: Age Groups This is also part of wider Public Research Project. Not much to discuss in this particular thread (this is more like a survey than anything else so far), unless you wish to share with us what was your age when you became acquainted with Tolkien. The poll is supposed to collect information scattered through three 'Age Clubs' and other related threads of the forum [edit]In case intro was somewhat unclear (it seems it indeed was), let me stress that the poll itself concerns your actual age. [end of edit] Again, the poll is private, so no one will learn your age unless you wish to make it public in the post. Ages can be learned from viewing member public details, true, but I suppose it will be more suitable to have these in one place. Besides, according to 'member details' information, some of the Downers are couple of hundred years old, so informaiton there must be, er... inaccurate. PS. Again - there is an option 'over 100' up there, but please, please - humour is all very well in proper places, but do not mess up the poll out of sheer playfulness. Thanks __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 01-25-2006 at 12:36 AM.

01-24-2006, 11:27 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	But which of those categories is " a certain age"? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-24-2006, 02:43 PM	#4
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,326	Erm... I'm a bit confused. Is this a poll concerning our current age, or the age at which we discovered Tolkien? I thought it was the first, but now I'm thinking the second... Please elucidate. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

01-24-2006, 03:47 PM	#7
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	Woops. I may have answered slightly incorrectly then, having filled in the 13-20 bracket; I read LotR when I was about 11 or 12 (year 7 anyway), and the Hobbit when I was in year 3 or 4 (so somewhere between age 7 and 9). Sorry... __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

01-24-2006, 11:36 AM	#3
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Nice polling work, but I suspect that a wider range between the ages of 13-40 and a smaller range at the upper end would perhaps have been better. As for myself, I was probably very small when I discovered Tolkien.

01-24-2006, 03:52 PM	#8
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Clarification The poll question concerns our actual age at this time. Additional information on the age at which we read LotR etc. is optional for those who wish to post about it. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

02-11-2008, 07:14 AM	#11
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Hmm... well, didn't answer the optional part of this yet... I read The Hobbit when I was 7, if I recall correctly - LOTR when I was 8. I started the Silm when I was 8, lost the book, and finished it when I was 28.

01-24-2006, 04:35 PM	#13
Elu Ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anador Posts: 476	Ahh...I just realized it is what age of Tolkien aquaintance, but since I've really have only been interested in Tolkien for a few years (the first Tolkien thing was seeing Two Towers with a friend), I guess that would be....Seventh Grade for me? So....my age and Tolkieness are in the same bracket. What a lucky break! ________ MICHIGAN DISPENSARIES Last edited by Elu Ancalime; 03-03-2011 at 10:46 PM.

01-24-2006, 04:53 PM	#15
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	First acquaintance with That Guy's Work: I turned twelve a few weeks before. __________________ peace

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