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 ==Explanation==
-[[Beret Guy]] and [[Cueball]] are walking. Beret Guy is making several remarks about the situation. The air is cold, the puddles have frozen, he has mittens, the sunlight is warm, and the birds are chirping in the trees. When making these observations, however, he does not use the conventional terms. Instead he uses word compounds, similar to "[[1133: Up Goer Five|Up Goer Five]]". When Cueball brings up Beret Guy's odd vocabulary, he retorts by declaring that the name does not matter, as long as the things themselves are what they should be. This is the same concept that is communicated in the line from the Shakespearean play, "Romeo and Juliet": "What's in a name? That which we call {{w|a rose by any other name would smell as sweet}}." The concept is similar to that discussed by Richard Feynman as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px_4TxC2mXU the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.]
+[[Beret Guy]] and [[Cueball]] are walking. Beret Guy is making several remarks about the situation. The air is cold, the puddles have frozen, he has mittens, the sunlight is warm, and the birds are chirping in the trees. When making these observations, however, he does not use the conventional terms. Instead he uses word compounds, similar to "[[1133: Up Goer Five|Up Goer Five]]". This is pretty usual for Beret Guy's behavior, as he is often portrayed in many comics as having strange powers. When Cueball brings up Beret Guy's odd vocabulary, he retorts by declaring that the name does not matter, as long as the things themselves are what they should be. This is the same concept that is communicated in the line from the Shakespearean play, "Romeo and Juliet": "What's in a name? That which we call {{w|a rose by any other name would smell as sweet}}." The concept is similar to that discussed by Richard Feynman as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px_4TxC2mXU the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.]
 In the title text Beret Guy continues to use playful language and offers affectionate encouragement: "stay warm, little flappers", demonstrating that his intentions are kind, not obfuscatory. Additionally, it is an indirect salutation from [[Randall Munroe]] to the readers, acknowledging the remarkably cold temperatures North America was experiencing at the time.
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 *too hard to drink: frozen
 *handcoats: mittens
-*spacelight: sun
+*spacelight: sunshine
 *flappy planes: birds
 *beeping: chirping

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 *floor water: puddle
 *too hard to drink: frozen
-*handcoats: mittens or gloves
+*handcoats: mittens
 *spacelight: sun
 *flappy planes: birds

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 *beeping: chirping
 *stick towers: trees
-*little flappers: baby birds
+*little flappers: birds
 *plant eggs: seeds, berries

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 | number    = 1322
 | date      = January 27, 2014

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 *plant eggs: seeds, berries
-Strange synonyms are also found in [[919: Tween Bromance]] and [[2352: Synonym Date]].
+Strange synonyms are also found in [[919: Tween Bromance]] and [[2352: Synonym Date]].  Beret Guy returns to describing seasons oddly in [[2641: Mouse Turbines]], but there his vocabulary is matched in oddity by what he's describing.
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