I think I remember also reading that they are the same age (and that age was 9, according to some sources). As discussed with Roy before, Wikia has Phineas and Ferb at 9 years of age, although Dan and Swampy did not want to give an age for them.

Since Phineas and Ferb are quite bright for thier age, it is possible that they could have picked up/learned how to speak when they were as young as 2 years of age, before they met each other (as per the song "Little Brothers"). Ferb's dad (Lawrence) still has a pretty strong British accent, even though it has been years since he married Linda and moved to the U.S. from Britian, and that would still have an influence on Ferb's ability to still keep his British acccent.

HAHAHAHA Roy! I wish I could read and talk by two years of age. Anyways, if Ferb was very smart, then it is possible he learned to talk (and possibly read) at an early age compared to most normal children his age, especially if he was taught by his parents. Of course, we may never know this for sure.

For some reason ferb reminds me of myself..not the brainy part but the way he wont speak until he gives us a fact or trys to tell the viewers/family information.....and i dont know why...........

He probably did learn to talk at a very early age, but didn't feel the need to speak often, so everyone thought he was dim-witted.....until they saw his mechanical talents in action.

(I had more of a computer-type smartness when I was young, I learned how to code basic HTML at around four. xD)

I like Ferb because he only speaks when it is absolutely necessary to, and in that way, he avoids making himself look like a complete idiot, especially in front of others. In addition, whenever Ferb speaks, he makes sure what he says makes sense. There are days in which I wish I could imitate Ferb in that way, as I have seen and heard many people say just stupid stuff in which they end up putting their foot in thier mouth not once or twice, but multiple times.......sometimes in one day!

Yup, that is what I meant. Ferb only speaking one or two lines during the show is better than him yapping away. In fact, I do enjoy the contrast in personalities between Phineas as an outgoing person, and Ferb as a man of few words, as it makes the interaction between the two intersting to watch.

Hmm.....don't know what to say to that. Since Ferb rarely speaks (save for a line or two in every episode) it is pertty hard to know what he is thinking also. For example, in "The Lake Nose Monster" one can only guess what Ferb was thinking when Phineas was smashing his camera on the ground. If Ferb could speak, he would probably express his anger at Phineas for destroying his camera. Some people would say that Ferb does not speak because he has a hard time expressing himself. I seriously beg to differ.

Roy42 wrote:Am I the only one who thinks Phineas and Ferb could have been at least 3-4 and I'm pretty sure that the geniuses could have been able to talk fluently by the time they were 2 even, especially since they were already standing up on their own.

Oh, good point. Now that I think about it, I could talk in fluent sentences when I was a year old, and I'm certainly not as smart as Ferb is.

BigNeerav wrote: Ferb's dad (Lawrence) still has a pretty strong British accent, even though it has been years since he married Linda and moved to the U.S. from Britian, and that would still have an influence on Ferb's ability to still keep his British acccent.

Hmm... I don't think that Lawrence's accent would still have an effect on Ferb's. That person I know I mentioned before has two parents with accents, and yet the fact that the majority of people around him have an American accent is enough to overwhelm that.

Just interesting to point out because I'm studying Linguistics and language acquisition for my exam tomorrow, and children at age 1 definitely cannot speak in fluent sentences (except for maybe some super-genius child). Between 12 and 18 months, most children are in the 1 word stage - where they are beginning to refer to objects and people by a certain sound - such as "baba" for bottle. By two years the average child is starting to construct two-word sentences. In this stage from two to three years, the ability to learn language grows at very different rates.

I worked with 3 year olds for quite a while a couple of years ago, and most of them could speak words and full sentences, but they were very hard to understand. Still others used very short sentences, and some barely spoke at all. Pretty sure 99.9% of 1 year olds can no-way speak fluently.

Off-topic and random, but any way to study for my exam and be somewhat contributing to the conversation is worth it in my eyes.

Well, eeemeee, what I am not sure is whether he might lose that British accent altogether, since he was born British. I was trying to see if possible that one's enviornment affects the person, including his or her accent, but that does not seem to be the case at all, it seems. For Ferb, I don't think it will happen, and will most likely keep his British accent like his dad. Ferb is pertty cool with his British accent when he speaks.

Yeah, I did mention Ferb's environment, but... it seems my post was deleted. And so was ITP's.

Erm, could somebody answer why? I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything wrong, I just responded to ITP about the speech age thing and Neerav about the relationship between Ferb's accent and parent's accent...?

So... I know everybody's all worked up about Ferb and Vanessa after "Chronicles of Meap", but aren't there other characters who'd be better with him?

Like...Phineas? (I think I'm actually starting to support that now. Someone, someone snap me back into my senses.)

Well... certainly an interesting theory... I've never really thought about it, but then, I suppose you have to consider every option.

Gotta agree with Roy. Ferb's awesome just as he is.

I really couldn't see ferb in a relationship....he can just lead a normal happy life (quoted! im so proud) without being paired up