Talk:Season
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Both tables are hand-coded (albeit with liberal use of the Preview button). HA! Smack
As I British person, I deny the assertion
In Britain, the seasons are considered begin about seven weeks earlier: spring begins on Candlemas, summer on May Day, autumn on Lammas, and winter on All Hallows.
We normally use the United States season starts.
Also I doubt.
The Irish calendar uses almost the same reckoning; Spring begins on February 1 / Imbolc, Summer on May 1 / Beltane, Autumn on August 1 / Lughnasadh and Winter on November 1 / Samhain
User:Karl Palmen 1 March 2004
- They are traditional dates, any American dates are recent imports. See for instance Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun, pp140-141: "From this ceremony the feast took its popular British name of Candlemas; it marked the formal opening of spring...", p218: "Finally in both under 'Cetsoman' is the definition 'First May, i.e. the first motion...of summer'..." etc.
- Consider also "darling buds of may" in Shakespeare's "summers day": may is hawthorn, but hawthorn blooms are gone by the time of the summer solstice. —Ashley Y 10:11, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) (also British)
- I'm surprised but interested to hear of this British reckoning, as it is not how Britons currently calculate the seasons. It is clearly traditional, though, as the summer solstice is known as midsummer's day. On the other hand, the Irish reckoning is current -- it is what my kids learn in school. BrendanH 09:11, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC)
- I've put it back, but with the word "traditionally". Anyway, it was what I was taught at school in England in the 70s and 80s. —Ashley Y 09:19, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC)
To user 206.47.125.130: Do you mean to say that, precisely at the north and south poles, sunrise and sunset occur more than once every year? --Smack 03:05, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Discussion of image for illustrating axial tilt moved to Image talk:Earth tilt sample.jpg
I'm very tempted to revert the changes by BigT27 and, given the discussion on the Wikipedia:Reference desk, those by 206. Does anyone object? --Smack 17:02, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
- Well ,the changes aren't incorrect, but I think they could use a bit of rewrite. I'm also not exactly sure how much of it belongs here vs. maybe under "day"? Here's a stab, at Talk:Season/DaysAtPoles draft Elf | Talk 21:42, 20 May 2004 (UTC)
- I have pre-empted both of you, partly inadvertently, but would encourage Elf to use the draft. My changes to the polar day/night issue are too little. BrendanH 11:06, May 21, 2004 (UTC)