OT "Windy"

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:37 AM -0400 10/20/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Seems like there was a Tropical Storm Wendy in the Pacific in 1974.
>

Yeah, they had to name it Wendy because as the meterologists said at
the time, "Everyone knows it's windy."

LH

>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> wrote:
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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"?
>>
>>  Joel
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