Dante's age revealed?

[McdD]

How do you know that the person writing the magizine didn't just say "IS" when Tameen could have just said, "He's like, a decade and a half younger then me"

http://imageshack.us/f/835/tameeminterview4.jpg/

That´s what it says in magazine picture. Bottom question.
So there is no "like".

 

[kerolin]

kkkkkkkkkk liked your post, seriously always thought that Dante was about 18 years, why he is a teenager, if he had 23 I think he would call an adult

 

[DragonMaster2010]

http://imageshack.us/f/835/tameeminterview4.jpg/

That´s what it says in magazine picture. Bottom question.
So there is no "like".

It was still written in a magazine and what's to say that the person writing the magazine wrote word for word, what was said.

 

[McdD]

It was still written in a magazine and what's to say that the person writing the magazine wrote word for word, what was said.

Well that's a good question, but why shouldn't the person do that?

 

[DragonMaster2010]

Well that's a good question, but why shouldn't the person do that?

True. When it comes down to it, it's kind of a video game magazine's job to make the interview catch the reader.

 

[darkslayer13]

According to the transcript Tameem said "He IS " , not just "a decade and a half".

Tameem didn´t reply by mumbling "a decade and half younger than me", he started the sentence with HE IS, and if you ask me it sounds like he speaks of it as a fact.

And whether people aren´t being exact when they say "decade and half" is your opinion as far as i am concerned, and if you want me to BELIEVE your words then go ahead and present to me a source that states that. Because i could picture myself saying "decade and half" instead of "15". Neither do i see how i am not being exact by using "decade and half"

Decade = 10 years
Half of a decade = 5
10+5 = 15.

If Dante is not 23 and actually older than that, 24 or 25 then he´s one immature talking person.

Will be very interesting if he´s 23 (for my sake)




Find that magazine if you can. Though i am pretty sure the magazine most likely talked about possible age. There are still sites that believe DmC is a prequel

1.Speaking clearly does not change the fact that it is an inexact way of phrasing things. the literal meaning is 15 years however the way people speak includes more meaning that the exact dictionary definition. it would be extremely awkward and difficult to convey Dante's age exactly phrasing things that way if he is just a few years older or younger so that is why that way of phrasing things is not used to convey exact information.
2. the 20-25 age range is based entirely on what was said by Tameem. if you take into account Dante's personality the age range would probably be 20-22 with 20 being more likely than the others.

 

[Laurence Barnes]

somehow i did math calculations to get the ages of dante maybe i could do the same here

 

[McdD]

1.Speaking clearly does not change the fact that it is an inexact way of phrasing things. the literal meaning is 15 years however the way people speak includes more meaning that the exact dictionary definition. it would be extremely awkward and difficult to convey Dante's age exactly phrasing things that way if he is just a few years older or younger so that is why that way of phrasing things is not used to convey exact information.
It's clearly exact enough to convey the number 15.

2. the 20-25 age range is based entirely on what was said by Tameem. if you take into account Dante's personality the age range would probably be 20-22 with 20 being more likely than the others.
Honestly i was under impression that he was around 16-18 years old. Considering his personality that is. I mean what kind of 20-25 year old man smokes like he's making love to the cigarette?

But i guess your opinion of his personality making him x-y age is fact...

 

[Laurence Barnes]

i lost my old calculations abd i dont know enough to do it again for this game :/

 

[berto]

Hyperbole, figure of speach, exageration, metaphore. Did everyone forget that people use these?

They guy wasn't going to say 'he's decade .035 years younger than me.' Why is there such a literal take on it?

 

[McdD]

Hyperbole, figure of speach, exageration, metaphore. Did everyone forget that people use these?

They guy wasn't going to say 'he's decade .035 years younger than me.' Why is there such a literal take on it?

Are you saying i am understanding decade and half wrong?

 

[mrrandomlulz]

Nappa: VEGETA WHAT DOES THE SCOUTER SAY ABOUT DANTE'S AGE?!

Vegeta: ITS... Exactly 9000, nothing to worry about here.

Nappa: Oh Ok

 

[Lionheart]

Ugh... seriously. What would you want him to say? ''He's 18,5 years younger than me''?
It was just an estimate, so he doesn't have to be 23. And who cares about his exact age anyway?

 

[wallenb]

Ugh... seriously. What would you want him to say? ''He's 18,5 years younger than me''?
It was just an estimate, so he doesn't have to be 23. And who cares about his exact age anyway?

I CARE!!

Because if he is younger than 21 then he cannot legally possess alcoholic beverages:blink: Or even have sex before he's mairried!! :ermm:

 

[Agility]

You guys are forgetting one thing...

Demon years!

 

[Razyel]

Dudes, talk is cheap like they say, and decade and a half can be basically anything from 21-25 (maybe even more/less) since it's an interview not an essay where you have time to edit your answers...

 

[McdD]

Dudes, talk is cheap like they say, and decade and a half can be basically anything from 21-25 (maybe even more/less) since it's an interview not an essay where you have time to edit your answers...

I interpret decade and half as what it implies. Don´t know why everyone think it´s not exact.

 

[darkslayer13]

I interpret decade and half as what it implies. Don´t know why everyone think it´s not exact.

because you are being overly literal and everyone else here understands the way people talk.

 

[McdD]

because you are being overly literal and everyone else here understands the way people talk.

You haven´t explained to me why decade and half isn´t exact. Other than telling me it can mean 20-25 or something like that.

I understand decade as ten years, and half of ten years is 5.
So i fail to see how i am being to literal.

 

[darkslayer13]

You haven´t explained to me why decade and half isn´t exact. Other than telling me it can mean 20-25 or something like that.

I understand decade as ten years, and half of ten years is 5.
So i fail to see how i am being to literal.

it is an informal way of saying things and you can only refer to a few numbers in a similar manner without significant effort so people do not phrase things in that manner when it is necessary to convey an exact number. it is used only to provide a general idea of what something is. when conveying information that is meant to be exact the actual number is used. the way words tend to be used matters not just the literal meaning of the words.

the point of what Tameem was saying was to prove that Dante was not based on him not to convey new information about Dante.