I can only agree that naming the equinoxes by the month is less poetic but more general and unambiguous...
The same holds, it seems, for the solstices: they are usually called (in this hemishpere) "winter" and "summer" solstices and that's again inapprpriate for the southern half! The month-based naming thus appears more general for all four points. Thierry -- __________________________________ 50.5 N 4.3 E mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Thibaud Taudin-Chabot wrote: > But our people at down under will call it reverse! > March and September equinox are more general. > Thibaud > > At 14:00 27-11-2002 -0700, you wrote: > >> I like "spring" and "fall" equinox because it's less letters to >> carve. My customers always mix up vernal and autumnal. >> >> John >> >> John L. Carmichael Jr. >> Sundial Sculptures >> 925 E. Foothills Dr. >> Tucson Arizona 85718 >> USA >> >> Tel: 520-696-1709 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: The Shaws >> To:[email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:21 PM >> Subject: RE: How do we call the equinoxes? >> >> Art Carlson suggested: >> <<call them the "March equinox" and the "September equinox">> >> >> What wonderful simple, understandable names. >> I'll go for that :-) >> >> >> Mike Shaw >> >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmikeshaw/ >> >> N 53º 21' 24" >> W 03º 01' 47" >> Wirral, UK. >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Th. Taudin Chabot, home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
