Presumably, as with “drug”, it got shifted into something easy to the native speaker to pronounce but still recognisable.
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I just keep thinking of Drug King Penguin → Drug Kingpin Gwen
I know (since I just looked it up), there is an alternate Earth with Matt Murdock as Kingpin, but now I want one with Gwen Stacy as Kingpin. We have Spider-Gwen, Gwenpool, and I’m sure others.
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Yeah, as already pointed out, the ッ functions differently to ツ.
And yeah, the only way to get “wi” is with the awkward ウィ, which doesn’t pair well (or at all) with consonants, so simplifying to “gin” is how it goes.
(If you are wondering, グィ would be basically identical to ギ, so nothing gained by that combination, グウィ is awkward, and I think グイ is further from the English than ギ is. In typing this out though, I just learned that グウィネス is the typical way Gwyneth is approximated (“guwinesu”), so there is at least this example of how penguin could have gone.)
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It’s Spring Equinox 
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Normal people: “Spring at last”
Me: “Half-way through spring, actually, but temperatures take time to catch up with the level of sunshine, and…”
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Pretty much why I prefer Equinoxes and Solstices. It’s unsatisfying to know when Summer starts or ends. But these 4 calendar points are solid.
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Spring - March, April, May
Summer - June, July, August
Autumn - September, October, November
Winter - December, January, February.
I don’t care what anyone else says… 
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Agree with this, whatever is meterologically correct, this feels right, broadly fits with sunshine hours and temperature.It’s more in keeping with lived experience and I approve.
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Northern Hemisphere obvs. In the Southern Hemisphere? Just swap over, its easy
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Fortunately, meteorologists also agree with you!
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That’s one of the things with British Christmas. Advertised like it’s in mid winter but actually the coldest times in the UK are ahead.
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There are 4 seasons? Where I live it’s
- Spring
- Fire
- Rainy (or supposed to be)
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I once heard it articulated that there are a) astronomical seasons, b) meteorlogical seasons, and c) calendar seasons and I deeply appreciated the clear articulation of something wrong that we all feel but have never really taken the time to parse.
Especially as the astromical seasons (solstice and equinox) are touted as the “real” ones and are actually the least felt.
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At least astronomical seasons can be agreed upon by everyone, though they mean less the closer you get the equator and “flip” when you cross it. Meteorological seasons are the most important, locally, and calendarial reasons are pretty artificial.
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Many modern pagans celebrate on the four cross-quarter days (half-way between each set of adjacent solstice and equinox). Except mostly they do it by the calendar rather than by the actual time.
It is genuinely contentious among pagans in the southern hemisphere whether they should flip their calendar (thus observing the spring rites in spring) or keep it consistent with the north (so everyone’s doing the spring rites at the same time even if some of them are in autumn). To me “spring rites in spring” seems obviously correct, but I’m only on the fringes of that world.
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I’m extremely in that world Yes, 8 festivals (the 2 equinoxes + 2 soltices, and 4 seasonal themed festivals such as May Day and Halloween / Samhain).
It was put together by Gardner (Wicca) and Ross Nichols (Druidry) combining things in the 50s, so it’s specifically come out of the UK. This is interesting because a) yes it creates the southern hemisphere mismatch, and b) two of the biggest global neopagan movements and the generally used calendar came out of 1950s England not America or the more liberal 1960s. (Exactly when / how Wicca and this form of OBOD Druidry started is also contentious, but a lot of work was done in the 50s).
I don’t know which choice I’d make if I was in the Southern Hemisphere, I guess Spring in local Spring. Most folks I’ve seen wishing people happy XYZ mention both at the same time rather than assuming Southern Hemisphere are also doing Spring in March, so “happy Spring festival” / “Autumn festival for those of you down under!” You’re right that it’s contentious among people living there though.
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Inverted. Rituals are events with a certain purpose that became ritualised as generations go by. Amd these calendar rituals are important to rural agrarian people whose entire livelihood hinges on when to plant and harvest. Of course, that’s my take.
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Anyone tried some Ube (oo-beh) stuff thats trending right now? It’s basically purple yams.
We had our suspicions that it’s not real Ube but could be wrong. I cooked Ube last Christmas.
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We’ve had Ube pancakes, ube mochi, and ube cookies. I didn’t know it was having a special Renaissance right now. We get them at the Asian grocery store or at Trader Joe’s.
Gluten free generally.
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My new favorite hobby - reading the ratings comments for games I decided not to back and feeling good about it.
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