CHAT: Weird Seasons was The English/French counting system

--- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> wrote:

> > I've never heard of that. Most definitely 1
> > September. We had a Dilbert
> > calendar floating around last year: on 1
> > September, it had 'First day of
> > Spring (southern hemisphere)' whereas on 23
> > (or whatever) September it had
> > 'First day of Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)'
>
> Very weird.  If you count 1 September as "First
> day of spring (southern
> hemisphere)" then shouldn't you count the very
> same day as "First day of
> autumn (northern hemisphere)"?
Not weird at all. They're just doing - apparently
officially - what many Americans do naturally.
That is, count 1 September as the first day of a
new season, be it Fall(N) or Spring(S).

Almost every radio and tv talk show host mentions
on or around Labor Day that it is the 'unofficial
start of Fall'. Likewise, three months
previously, they went on about Memorial Day
(practically 1 June) being the 'unofficial start
of Summer'.

That seasons start in illogical places in the
North is what _I_ find weird. And I live there!
How much sense does it make to have the official
first day of a season halfway through that
season?

But I also think starting the year in midwinter
is dumb too: I much prefer to start it in Spring
like it used to.

Padraic.


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