The giddiness of Midsummer's Day

Shakespeare's Globe ^ | June 2020 | Dr. Will Tosh

[jmacusa]

And right you are. My bad.

[Grampa Dave]

Speaking of a summer Solstice day:

Summer Solstice fun without the masks and spacing in London!

https://twitter.com/SimonPForrester/status/1408914481736998919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1408914481736998919%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvaccineimpact.com%2F2021%2Fhundreds-of-thousands-take-to-the-streets-in-london-to-protest-and-fight-for-their-children%2F

[SunkenCiv]

Well, y'know, the context is Shakespeare, and in his day, and before, and ever since, the timing of midsummer on the calendar hasn't made sense, OTOH, we don't know their climate as we do our own. The British Isles are pretty high latitude, but are warmed by (I guess it's still called) the Gulf Stream, sufficient to make it possible to grow palm trees in parts of western Scotland.

They also drink their beer warm, and spell aluminum "aluminium".

[jmacusa]

Guess I wasn't paying attention science class as a kid.I thought mid winter, mid summer, etc was at least six week in from the solstice. They also pronounce ‘’laboratory’’ la-bora- tory (’’tree)

We kinda say it ‘’labratory’’.

[SunkenCiv]

Never once in any science class did any of my teachers make any reference at all to “midsummer”. It’s a term that largely used (correctly) in England and euphemistically in the US. :^)

[jmacusa]

Yeah, never understood that. Technically, if you look at it Summer began last week on the 21st. So midsummer won't be until mid August.