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Re: equinox

From:Pablo Flores <fflores@...>
Date:Thursday, September 24, 1998, 13:49
Herman Miller wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:46:22 -0700, Matt Pearson <mpearson@...>
wrote:
> >>How are the seasons named and delimited in other people's conlangs? >>How about weather terms? Do people whose conlangs are spoken on other >>planets have any 'exotic' terminology for weather or seasonal changes? > >I probably ought to, but I haven't thought much about alien seasons. > > [...] I can't even >imagine what the weather would be like on a planet orbiting Procyon, or >even if a stable orbit is possible with Procyon B nearby.
Procyon is a double system? I once began to think, just as an exercise, about how the seasons would go on in a planet with two or more suns. The idea is fascinating in the field of language too -- how would call the Sun(s)? In one of my SF stories, a planet with two suns was inhabited by a race who named them with a compound, something between a colective plural and a non-singular form (like 'the dead, the rich' in English). They imagined they were a mother and her daughter (so the word was feminine), and that the daughter constantly played around her mother in circles. Anyway, there may not be seasons. If the Earth's axis were not tilted by 23 degrees, the eccentricity of the orbit wouldn't be enough to produce a noticeable change in global temperatures. (This would be boring, of course; I wouldn't have a conculture like that). begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT M>)\^(C@.`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$-@ 0` M`@````(``@`!!) &`#P!```!````# ````,``# #````"P`/#@`````"`?\/ M`0```%(`````````@2L?I+ZC$!F=;@#=`0]4`@````!#;VYS=')U8W1E9"!, M86YG=6%G97,@3&ES= !33510`$-/3DQ!3D= 0E)/5TY632Y"4D]73BY%1%4` M```>``(P`0````4```!33510`````!X``S !````&@```$-/3DQ!3D= 0E)/ M5TY632Y"4D]73BY%1%4````#`!4,`0````,`_@\&````'@`!, $````=```` M)T-O;G-T<G5C=&5D($QA;F=U86=E<R!,:7-T)P`````"`0LP`0```!\```!3 M3510.D-/3DQ!3D= 0E)/5TY632Y"4D]73BY%1%4```,``#D`````"P! .@$` M```"`?8/`0````0````````#DSD!"( '`!@```!)4$TN36EC<F]S;V9T($UA M:6PN3F]T90`Q" $$@ $`# ```%)%.B!E<75I;F]X`/H#`06 `P`.````S@<) M`!@`"@`Q`#(`! !G`0$@@ ,`#@```,X'"0`8``H`)@`4``0`/@$!"8 !`"$` M``!!0S<P0T8T-CDX-3-$,C$Q.4,R.30T-#4U,S4T,# P, #8!@$#D 8`4 8` M`!(````+`",```````,`)@``````"P`I```````#`#8``````$ `.0``QCTS MPN>]`1X`< `!````# ```%)%.B!E<75I;F]X``(!<0`!````%@````&]Y\(S M`D;/<*U3F!'2G"E$15-4`````!X`'@P!````!0```%--5% `````'@`?# $` M```;````9F9L;W)E<T!T874N=V%M86YI+F%P8RYO<F<```,`!A"OU?*:`P`' M$$P$```>``@0`0```&4```!(15)-04Y-24Q,15)74D]413I/3E=%1"PR,U-% M4#$Y.3@Q-3HT-CHR,BTP-S P+$U!5%1014%24T]./$U014%24T].0%5#3$%% M1%574D]413I(3U=!4D542$5314%33TY33D%-``````(!"1 !````V00``-4$ M``"C" ``3%I&=8&0Z.K_``H!#P(5`J0#Y 7K`H,`4!,#5 (`8V@*P'-E=&XR M!@`&PP*#,@1&`@!P<')Q,2 (50>R`H!]?PJ ",\)V0* "H$-L0M@;N!G,3 S M- K[$O$+\MD3H&]T!9 %0$@$D ."&DT#$&P$D!@*,3@@]"!W&0(Z& \9% J/ M&IA6/ANO&11/`Z!7"8 L"" R,P91<" Q.0(Y&Q Q-3HT-CJ",A(@+3 W,# @ MH,1-80) (%!E$=$"(! @/&UP(N1 54. 3$$N1415/ALU?QT7'?\?#QSJ)8\F MGQE!/@Q(;P?@"L!E('1HFRL@$?!A(Q$$(&YA!X!:9"KP;BQ #;!L!W!I]QD@ M+$ +@" 9$"M0!< C<+)O"U!E)P0@!:!N%S+\<S\GWRCO*?\!H A@!4!^=R+@ M+8,9(!F0+M ;($3F;RW%&S!H;Q'P+E<J\_!S<&]K"? M8"U5+O]W, \Q&PM1 M;A(`!" 1P':#*R `<'D@)V5X&1"X:6,G,O,+@!4A9SH@_P(0!< RA@6Q*X0' M0"Y0$<#_%U 'D"[O-T\G#SW?/N\8]M9)+< #8&(!H&PZ( A@I&=H!4!T;R"@ M8C)1<T-0.;)N)T1!-#!$$VU^=1&P,A4'0 B0`Z KA2X_0']!CS^_1^P!T$C@ M(%O:+DP`74K=0LEC`'!%43YE12%*?TBO&+H'<&%G7PN - (BD"LS,H9W"&!L MO2Q 8BL@+, U@#6R82W VSE#/$%B+/ +@&<BP -@_&-Y`B @H 6P3H]/GQBZ MZTY"+3!F4_%S`9$S\523[RTP!" U8 00:5F"`_ K0)E5%B!"*_ BX6)Y1X_? M&M0=%5LV6B%4`&0(8%F"Y'-Y65!E;3V&0U "(/9C*R!34&<#D41@*S$+@/)K M(*!J=5E0*O T\0.@ZSI0!)!C! !E(* R)#0P]P?@*TI2]&<SD%YB4^E:XUYT M4O \0@1@-2)U1V$@NE0K46D-L%0`6B%F*Z#?8I L`%33+4$K0F8(D%,AMF]9 M$!<R=5& *R%O,Y!\+2UC0U+T3> :`"LS4]%F\"AS*3-0236B4['E61!M.B!3 M1EE!!; (D/YS8M%E7V;B&S!A\0N $<#O5+$L,5P04_%R`- T`ROU_2M!;5K4 M5 `%H"-@"& L</\@H",0!X!A,E4`4U!F( GA]W(C&A 90&DYT0M0"' \X><L M8E0`.R!N+0"0:>$+8/<%P#N1<< H4X-%4"M19Y&_()$K0@40$; ZL"U!11=0 M\2S <V@I9R,Z(%%E<7/_.B R@"L15 `$8"V#+&(MDOQD8402%$%L(&$2- $% ML+LL0&]R9E^0"X!1H2EBT?\L<2M 4@5[URYA65$",$/1_0M1>2PR`V!RH7N# M>N4M0;]BD&* &A!'=QT?&IA!.A#];W!Y=[,K$0# .B [( 5 WU-11Q9#0%D0 M*T)%"L K0'DN,6%X6B%Z<X6R.H!L_W 5(,$-L G";=$K0@608'#_`C!X$2SP M0^&&Q%G$4O-%0M]340GP1 )@\ACQ9$80>J+_A;$ZD"+@68(]%"TR>,!#D>]K MD5^0(W!PH'0(<()!=K#_9T"'PE,&!N %$!=059%9$/<%H AP$? [0T&+QSFT M+E+^8U,0C_)3='YB>1!73QR[!13!`)<@`````P`0$ `````#`!$0`0```$ ` L!S"@L#:8P.>]`4 `"#"@L#:8P.>]`1X`/0`!````!0```%)%.B `````F_D` ` end