Part 1 of 2. Except it’s the second of the night, and the third of the four. So… yeah. It’s been a long night. I think we talked about death a lot. Oh, and Mary, marry, and merry. That was great. And then we made a new holiday. Or tried to, at least. Enjoy!
QUESTIONS:
You get to create a new holiday in the summer to counterbalance Christmas — what is it? –Craig
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We watched episodes 2 and 5 of this.
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So… at our house, we *talk* about spring being February-March-April, summer being May-June-July, fall being August-September-October, and winter being November-December-January. But in Iowa (and this was true even back in the day) the outside weather is closer to spring being March-April-May, summer being June-July-August, fall being September-October-November, and winter being December-January-February. Now, inside our house, we change certain decor according to the seasons, and we make those changes in March, June, September, and December (actually, we shoot for the day after Thanksgiving for switching from fall to winter decor, but sometimes we don’t get around to it until the beginning of December) in keeping with what the weather looks like outside rather than in keeping with what the calendar says. So we talk about it being spring/summer/fall/winter on the calendar for a full month before we make it look like spring/summer/fall/winter in the house.
It’s not really as confusing as it sounds, but it trips me up sometimes in conversation.
That all sounds terrible.
My best friend is from Texas and says “pilla” for pillow, and “pun-kin” for pumpkin.
I didn’t think of pronouncing Mary, Merry, and Marry differently. I thought they were intended to be homophones. This was much better podcasting than if you had been doing something with facial expressions.
Ooh! I like “pun-kin.”
I think William has described this before – that the solstices and equinoxes are the middle of their respective seasons. I think this approach makes a good amount of sense, so I’ve been less constrained about describing the seasons by the calendar. I think of Summer as basically the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Fall is Labor Day until Thanksgiving. Winter is after Thanksgiving until the weather breaks in March/April (or in 2019, late May), and Spring is what’s left between Winter and Labor Day.
My Mary, Mary, and merry are quite distinct. I’d record me saying it if I was more au faithful… what the hell Samsung, autocorrect fait to faithful?
Anyway, great episode 🙂