Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: CHAT: Our opinions of what can be called 'winter' (was: OT: Merry Christmas!)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 28, 2004, 14:57
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. > > 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