Re: seasons in conlangs / cultures (was adj.)

Luca Mangiat wrote:

> Now, I know this question oughta be on Conculture, but since I'm not
> on it...
Well, Luca, if you can handle conlang's traffic you could surely
handle  conculture's.

> Which climatic zone do your conspeakers live in? How many seasons do
> they have?
Hangkerimians live in the torrid zone and topography includes
mountains (up to perpetual ice, 4700 m and above) and lowland
planices, as well as some Caribean islands.  It menas that
Hangkerimians live in different climates from cold and windy high
mountain to hot and humid tropical lowland valeys (35°C+ 90%+ year
round) to "perpetual spring" climates, to how ever you imagine an
island in the Caribean.  Well, weather changes little during a year
but if you want different seasons, you can easily move some miles
away.

There are two seasons that Spaniards called "invierno" and "verano"
but Englishmen called by a more acurate name: "rainy" and "dry" which
is, more or less, what the Hangkerimce words "ringzamu" and "kikumma"
mean.  There are two rainy and two dry seasons a year unless there is
some Pacific fenomenum, which got never called _niño_ in Zera's
timeline.

> My Vaiysi culture lives in a Mediterranean-like climatic zone, with
> 4 seasons (sorry, I haven't made up the nams, yet). Hot in summer
> (up to 35°C - 95°F in the hottest regions) and mild in winter, but
> cold in the inland and on the mountains (it can snow quite often).
>
> Interesting, my culture's climate's not made up following my own
> tastes!
>
> Luca