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: Canada has 11 seasons with names for all of them: https://twitter.com/mathewi/status/1234532208423178241?lang=en (one of many variations on this meme, but rings very true if you live up north) | : Canada has 11 seasons with names for all of them: https://twitter.com/mathewi/status/1234532208423178241?lang=en (one of many variations on this meme, but rings very true if you live up north) | ||
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I think the statement "nowhere uses the type of five-season system shown in the comic." deserves an actual "citation needed" and not the joke one. Personally I didn't know about the six season thing in South Asia so it's not obvious that noone uses 5 seasons. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 11:07, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | I think the statement "nowhere uses the type of five-season system shown in the comic." deserves an actual "citation needed" and not the joke one. Personally I didn't know about the six season thing in South Asia so it's not obvious that noone uses 5 seasons. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 11:07, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
::I definitely agree. I was going to comment the same thing.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.11|172.70.178.11]] 12:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | ::I definitely agree. I was going to comment the same thing.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.11|172.70.178.11]] 12:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
− | ::The Hebrew bible, in the Book of Genesis (Gen. 8:22), establishes six seasons (consistent with the west-Asian origin story of the progenitors of the Hebrew race) of Sowing, Reaping, Cold, Heat, Summer, and Winter. | + | ::The Hebrew bible, in the Book of Genesis (Gen. 8:22), establishes six seasons (consistent with the west-Asian origin story of the progenitors of the Hebrew race) of Sowing, Reaping, Cold, Heat, Summer, and Winter. |
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Can you believe it guys? First day of fall. Just a week away! First day of fall is in a week! Woohoo! I am so happy about this information. first day of fall, just a week away. Oh wow. Can you believe it? First day of fall! Just in a week! It got here so fast. First day of fall! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.39|172.71.22.39]] 11:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Bumpf | Can you believe it guys? First day of fall. Just a week away! First day of fall is in a week! Woohoo! I am so happy about this information. first day of fall, just a week away. Oh wow. Can you believe it? First day of fall! Just in a week! It got here so fast. First day of fall! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.39|172.71.22.39]] 11:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Bumpf | ||
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I'm just unreasonably pleased that someone of note is acknowledging that calling the equinoxes & solstices, the "start" of a season, is absurd from the standpoint of tracking the weather: The shortest day, occurring near the meteorological ''middle'' of winter even in the most delayed climates, is ''obviously not'' the "start" of winter, & likewise the weather shifts noticeably about a month before the vernal & autumnal equinoxes. The seemingly obligatory "first day of summer!" proclamations in the middle of June feel ''really'' disingenuous & annoying when much of the continent has already been seeing 90°F\32°C for weeks. '''By what means can we collectively petition to abolish this obviously incorrect practice''' & start ''properly'' referring to the solstices & equinoxes as the ''middle'' of their respective seasons, instead? | I'm just unreasonably pleased that someone of note is acknowledging that calling the equinoxes & solstices, the "start" of a season, is absurd from the standpoint of tracking the weather: The shortest day, occurring near the meteorological ''middle'' of winter even in the most delayed climates, is ''obviously not'' the "start" of winter, & likewise the weather shifts noticeably about a month before the vernal & autumnal equinoxes. The seemingly obligatory "first day of summer!" proclamations in the middle of June feel ''really'' disingenuous & annoying when much of the continent has already been seeing 90°F\32°C for weeks. '''By what means can we collectively petition to abolish this obviously incorrect practice''' & start ''properly'' referring to the solstices & equinoxes as the ''middle'' of their respective seasons, instead? | ||
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 16:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 16:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
− | + | :As a science teacher, I feel this a lot. | |
:It's actually a classic trick question, "Do days get longer or shorter in winter?". Days are shorter (than in summer), yes, but given that winter quite famously can be said to {{w|Winter#Astronomical and other calendar-based reckoning|start on the shortest day}}, means that the answer is actually "longer", as the season heads towards the equinox and nights shorten from their maximum. (Either that or "neither, they're ''all'' 24 hours long" ...well, give or take the occasional leap second...) | :It's actually a classic trick question, "Do days get longer or shorter in winter?". Days are shorter (than in summer), yes, but given that winter quite famously can be said to {{w|Winter#Astronomical and other calendar-based reckoning|start on the shortest day}}, means that the answer is actually "longer", as the season heads towards the equinox and nights shorten from their maximum. (Either that or "neither, they're ''all'' 24 hours long" ...well, give or take the occasional leap second...) | ||
:So, anyway, it's astronomical seasons. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.230|172.70.85.230]] 17:06, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | :So, anyway, it's astronomical seasons. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.230|172.70.85.230]] 17:06, 7 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
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