OT "Windy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 11:37 AM -0400 10/20/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Seems like there was a Tropical Storm Wendy in the Pacific in 1974.
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> Yeah, they had to name it Wendy because as the meterologists said at
> the time, "Everyone knows it's windy."
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> LH
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> >On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> >>  At 10/20/2009 08:54 AM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
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> >>  >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.
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> >>  What year was the hurricane named "Wendy"?
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> >>  Joel
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