OT "Windy"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Oct 20 15:26:40 UTC 2009


At 10/20/2009 08:54 AM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com> wrote:

>OT:  I beg to differ that the song "Windy" refers to the weather
>rather than a person.  It has certainly never been clear to
>me.  Note that the first word of the song, referring to Windy, is
>"Who", and there are lines like "For Windy has stormy eyes".  Yes,
>this may be anthropomorphic imagery, but the result is ambiguity,
>perhaps deliberate.

What year was the hurricane named "Wendy"?

Joel

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