Re: Right Up Yer Kilt!

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From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:11:08 +0100 (BST)

David Dunham ties himself in knots on Canonical Orlanthi Dress:
> A quick look at the encyclopedia reveals that New York state, where I
> grew up, is colder than Scotland in winter (supposedly average
> January is above freezing for goodness sake!). Iceland's coast is
> slightly colder still. No kilts there!

So the climatic model for Sartar -- just spitting distance away from the balmy Manirian coast, and several hundred miles _south_ of the middle of the continent where the serial toga wearers all hang out -- is now _Iceland_? Curiouser and curiouser. Previous guesses, such as central France, seemed much more on the money, for me.