"Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sou'west.

JL

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 1/20/2010 01:53 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> >When I was in Texas for grad school some 30 years ago, "blue norther"
> >was a fairly standard term for a ferocious winter cold front coming from
> >the northwest.
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> And thus not a nor'easter, which comes from the southwest.
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> Joel
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