Re: CHAT: Our opinions of what can be called 'winter' (was: OT: Merry Christmas!)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 28, 2004, 14:57 |
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 01:33:45AM +1100, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >As far as I'm concerned, it's Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn,
> >presumably for no
> >more profound reason than that the new year begins in early winter.
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> That ordering sounds broken, but I suspected as much. Thanks.
Personally, I tend to think of spring first, but the above is the traditional
order. See numerous examples in poetry, or even late-20th-century pop lyrics:
Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fa-all
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
(Yes I will)
To see you again . . .
-Marcos