> > > But the idea of specifically four seasons may not
>  > be universal.  I
>  > do
>  > > not have some of my reference books ready to hand,
>  > but if I recall
>  > > correctly, the ancient Buddhist monks reckoned
>  > only three seasons:
>  > > cool, hot, and rainy, based on the climatic
>  > patterns of
>  > > northern India.
>  >
>  > That's what I was trying to bring up before. In
>  > tropical areas like
>  > Central America, they only have two seasons: "wet"
>  > or "dry" with the
>  > dry season meaning the time of year when it rains
>  > less though it is
>  > still very wet.  These are places where the
>  > tempuratures don't
>  > change much throughout the year so "Winter" or
>  > "Summer" are fairly
>  > meaningless concepts to anyone living there.
>  >
>
> What about long-day period and short-day period? The
>  solstices are usually noticed.
>
>
>  Steve
>
>
Or how about northlongsun and southlongsun? Simple and reminds you
that things are different on the other side of the planet.


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