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Is there a hemisphere-neutral way of specifying a season?
How can one make technical issues more accessible to a non-technical audience?How do you build good per-book *and* global indexes?How to represent dependencies in outlinesIn end user documentation, should screenshots come before or after the text that references them?Units to use in travelogue-book (time, weight, temperature, distance, etc)How do I get rid of the tic of paired adjectives, predicates, etc.?How can I ensure that my documentation is understandable both for native and non-native speakers?Can “numbers” be good doc performance metrics? Is there a way to meaningfully interpret the quantitative user data we gather?Is It Legal to Use Military Insignias of Defunct Nations?Is there any room in technical-writing for levity
I want to refer to the timeframe of Summer 2019 in the Northern hemisphere. However, the writing is intended for a global audience, and when it is Summer in the Northern hemisphere it will be Winter in the southern hemisphere.
Is there terminology I can use that refers to that period of time in both hemispheres?
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I want to refer to the timeframe of Summer 2019 in the Northern hemisphere. However, the writing is intended for a global audience, and when it is Summer in the Northern hemisphere it will be Winter in the southern hemisphere.
Is there terminology I can use that refers to that period of time in both hemispheres?
technical-writing international
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Welcome to Writing.SE! Interesting question, but couldn't you just mention the relevant months and then add that it's summer in the norther hemisphere? By the way, if you have any questions about how the site works have a look at the tour and help center. Have fun!
– Secespitus
2 hours ago
Do you specify a location? If you set your story in the UK, for example, just use the season appropriate to the locale.
– Rasdashan
2 hours ago
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@Secespitus Thank you! That's a good solution, I might do that.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
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@Rasdashan this is not a story, it's a piece of technical writing that will be read globally.
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I want to refer to the timeframe of Summer 2019 in the Northern hemisphere. However, the writing is intended for a global audience, and when it is Summer in the Northern hemisphere it will be Winter in the southern hemisphere.
Is there terminology I can use that refers to that period of time in both hemispheres?
technical-writing international
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I want to refer to the timeframe of Summer 2019 in the Northern hemisphere. However, the writing is intended for a global audience, and when it is Summer in the Northern hemisphere it will be Winter in the southern hemisphere.
Is there terminology I can use that refers to that period of time in both hemispheres?
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Welcome to Writing.SE! Interesting question, but couldn't you just mention the relevant months and then add that it's summer in the norther hemisphere? By the way, if you have any questions about how the site works have a look at the tour and help center. Have fun!
– Secespitus
2 hours ago
Do you specify a location? If you set your story in the UK, for example, just use the season appropriate to the locale.
– Rasdashan
2 hours ago
1
@Secespitus Thank you! That's a good solution, I might do that.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
1
@Rasdashan this is not a story, it's a piece of technical writing that will be read globally.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
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Welcome to Writing.SE! Interesting question, but couldn't you just mention the relevant months and then add that it's summer in the norther hemisphere? By the way, if you have any questions about how the site works have a look at the tour and help center. Have fun!
– Secespitus
2 hours ago
Do you specify a location? If you set your story in the UK, for example, just use the season appropriate to the locale.
– Rasdashan
2 hours ago
1
@Secespitus Thank you! That's a good solution, I might do that.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
1
@Rasdashan this is not a story, it's a piece of technical writing that will be read globally.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
Welcome to Writing.SE! Interesting question, but couldn't you just mention the relevant months and then add that it's summer in the norther hemisphere? By the way, if you have any questions about how the site works have a look at the tour and help center. Have fun!
– Secespitus
2 hours ago
Welcome to Writing.SE! Interesting question, but couldn't you just mention the relevant months and then add that it's summer in the norther hemisphere? By the way, if you have any questions about how the site works have a look at the tour and help center. Have fun!
– Secespitus
2 hours ago
Do you specify a location? If you set your story in the UK, for example, just use the season appropriate to the locale.
– Rasdashan
2 hours ago
Do you specify a location? If you set your story in the UK, for example, just use the season appropriate to the locale.
– Rasdashan
2 hours ago
1
1
@Secespitus Thank you! That's a good solution, I might do that.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
@Secespitus Thank you! That's a good solution, I might do that.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
1
1
@Rasdashan this is not a story, it's a piece of technical writing that will be read globally.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
@Rasdashan this is not a story, it's a piece of technical writing that will be read globally.
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The common phrase is
northern summer.
While readers in the northern hemisphere may understand this to more narrowly mean summer in the northern parts of whichever continent they live on – as in the title of Sir John Carr's book A Northern Summer; Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804 –, readers in the southern hemisphere will think of this in the way you intend, and certainly none of them will think of Africa or Australia.
In the natural sciences, "northern summer" does have exactly the meaning you seek, as can be seen in this quote from Jaffe & Taylor's The Physics of Energy from 2018:
There are countless examples for this use in the sciences, but it is maybe more interesting to note that the term is used by Australian institutions when referring to what you might call "global seasons", as in this Australian government website on international aviation (my emphasis):
The timetable summary provides information on airlines approved to operate scheduled services between Australia and its bilateral partners for the Northern Winter period from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019.
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There are a few simple ways to do that.
1:'the second season of the year', it feels a tad uncomfortable but it works.
2: you can simply say which month or date it is. Regardless of where you are in the world the dates stay the same* (so December is warm in the southern hemisphere while July is cold).
3: 'halfway through the year' would be Summer in the north and winter in the south.
*other than the international date line, but that is just a 1 day difference so it doesn't really make a difference.
edit: user10915156 has a better answer, go upvote his
answered 2 hours ago
DJ Spicy Deluxe-LeviDJ Spicy Deluxe-Levi
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Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
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The common phrase is
northern summer.
While readers in the northern hemisphere may understand this to more narrowly mean summer in the northern parts of whichever continent they live on – as in the title of Sir John Carr's book A Northern Summer; Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804 –, readers in the southern hemisphere will think of this in the way you intend, and certainly none of them will think of Africa or Australia.
In the natural sciences, "northern summer" does have exactly the meaning you seek, as can be seen in this quote from Jaffe & Taylor's The Physics of Energy from 2018:
There are countless examples for this use in the sciences, but it is maybe more interesting to note that the term is used by Australian institutions when referring to what you might call "global seasons", as in this Australian government website on international aviation (my emphasis):
The timetable summary provides information on airlines approved to operate scheduled services between Australia and its bilateral partners for the Northern Winter period from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019.
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The common phrase is
northern summer.
While readers in the northern hemisphere may understand this to more narrowly mean summer in the northern parts of whichever continent they live on – as in the title of Sir John Carr's book A Northern Summer; Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804 –, readers in the southern hemisphere will think of this in the way you intend, and certainly none of them will think of Africa or Australia.
In the natural sciences, "northern summer" does have exactly the meaning you seek, as can be seen in this quote from Jaffe & Taylor's The Physics of Energy from 2018:
There are countless examples for this use in the sciences, but it is maybe more interesting to note that the term is used by Australian institutions when referring to what you might call "global seasons", as in this Australian government website on international aviation (my emphasis):
The timetable summary provides information on airlines approved to operate scheduled services between Australia and its bilateral partners for the Northern Winter period from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019.
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Thank you! This is exactly what I needed.
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The common phrase is
northern summer.
While readers in the northern hemisphere may understand this to more narrowly mean summer in the northern parts of whichever continent they live on – as in the title of Sir John Carr's book A Northern Summer; Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804 –, readers in the southern hemisphere will think of this in the way you intend, and certainly none of them will think of Africa or Australia.
In the natural sciences, "northern summer" does have exactly the meaning you seek, as can be seen in this quote from Jaffe & Taylor's The Physics of Energy from 2018:
There are countless examples for this use in the sciences, but it is maybe more interesting to note that the term is used by Australian institutions when referring to what you might call "global seasons", as in this Australian government website on international aviation (my emphasis):
The timetable summary provides information on airlines approved to operate scheduled services between Australia and its bilateral partners for the Northern Winter period from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019.
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The common phrase is
northern summer.
While readers in the northern hemisphere may understand this to more narrowly mean summer in the northern parts of whichever continent they live on – as in the title of Sir John Carr's book A Northern Summer; Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804 –, readers in the southern hemisphere will think of this in the way you intend, and certainly none of them will think of Africa or Australia.
In the natural sciences, "northern summer" does have exactly the meaning you seek, as can be seen in this quote from Jaffe & Taylor's The Physics of Energy from 2018:
There are countless examples for this use in the sciences, but it is maybe more interesting to note that the term is used by Australian institutions when referring to what you might call "global seasons", as in this Australian government website on international aviation (my emphasis):
The timetable summary provides information on airlines approved to operate scheduled services between Australia and its bilateral partners for the Northern Winter period from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019.
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Thank you! This is exactly what I needed.
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There are a few simple ways to do that.
1:'the second season of the year', it feels a tad uncomfortable but it works.
2: you can simply say which month or date it is. Regardless of where you are in the world the dates stay the same* (so December is warm in the southern hemisphere while July is cold).
3: 'halfway through the year' would be Summer in the north and winter in the south.
*other than the international date line, but that is just a 1 day difference so it doesn't really make a difference.
edit: user10915156 has a better answer, go upvote his
answered 2 hours ago
DJ Spicy Deluxe-LeviDJ Spicy Deluxe-Levi
207110
Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
– Nuclear Wang
1 hour ago
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There are a few simple ways to do that.
1:'the second season of the year', it feels a tad uncomfortable but it works.
2: you can simply say which month or date it is. Regardless of where you are in the world the dates stay the same* (so December is warm in the southern hemisphere while July is cold).
3: 'halfway through the year' would be Summer in the north and winter in the south.
*other than the international date line, but that is just a 1 day difference so it doesn't really make a difference.
edit: user10915156 has a better answer, go upvote his
answered 2 hours ago
DJ Spicy Deluxe-LeviDJ Spicy Deluxe-Levi
207110
Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
– Nuclear Wang
1 hour ago
add a comment |
There are a few simple ways to do that.
1:'the second season of the year', it feels a tad uncomfortable but it works.
2: you can simply say which month or date it is. Regardless of where you are in the world the dates stay the same* (so December is warm in the southern hemisphere while July is cold).
3: 'halfway through the year' would be Summer in the north and winter in the south.
*other than the international date line, but that is just a 1 day difference so it doesn't really make a difference.
edit: user10915156 has a better answer, go upvote his
answered 2 hours ago
DJ Spicy Deluxe-LeviDJ Spicy Deluxe-Levi
207110
There are a few simple ways to do that.
1:'the second season of the year', it feels a tad uncomfortable but it works.
2: you can simply say which month or date it is. Regardless of where you are in the world the dates stay the same* (so December is warm in the southern hemisphere while July is cold).
3: 'halfway through the year' would be Summer in the north and winter in the south.
*other than the international date line, but that is just a 1 day difference so it doesn't really make a difference.
edit: user10915156 has a better answer, go upvote his
answered 2 hours ago
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Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
– Nuclear Wang
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
– Nuclear Wang
1 hour ago
Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
Unfortunately I can't refer to the month, I very specifically need to refer to the timeframe of June-July-August. The other options work but don't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as "Summer 2019" :/
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
– Nuclear Wang
1 hour ago
#1 is a bit ambiguous - some will order the seasons as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, hearkening to a life cycle (as you have done), although the calendar year has seasons ordered as Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (in the northern hemisphere). Saying "second season of the year" would require further disambiguation to ensure that everyone interprets it the same way.
– Nuclear Wang
1 hour ago
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– Secespitus
2 hours ago
Do you specify a location? If you set your story in the UK, for example, just use the season appropriate to the locale.
– Rasdashan
2 hours ago
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@Secespitus Thank you! That's a good solution, I might do that.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago
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@Rasdashan this is not a story, it's a piece of technical writing that will be read globally.
– Iamsodarncool
1 hour ago