Why DO they call the wind Mariah?

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Slag
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 01:20 AM

I live "way out west", California to be exact and we call the fire "fire" the rain "rain" and the wind, well you may have guessed it "wind". And even though we call the hot eastern wind the Santa Ana winds, it's still the winds.

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 02:33 AM

Mariah Mariah
I've just met a wind called Mariah

its a name of wild romance - they were never going to call it Dorothy or Mavis or Elsie.

Clint and Lee marvin - they live that sort of devil may care life. You wouldn't catch them in a place where the wind has a cissy name, like Algernon.

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 03:38 AM

Names of winds fascinate me, as do the personalities ascribed to those winds.
For a number of years, I've collected names of winds inside the cover of my dictionary. Yeah, I know I could google and find a longer list than what I've compiled, but I take the time to study the story of each new wind I learn about. I've seen the list that Peace linked to, but I refuse to use it to add to my own list. The winds on my list have to have personalities - they can't just be names on a list.
Well, now that I look at, my list is pretty short:

• Foehn
  
• Mistral
  
• Santa Ana
  
• Scirocco
  
• Taku
• Knik
• Chinook

I swear my list was longer....
"Maria" didn't make it on my list, by the way.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Slag
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 03:58 AM

The Trades
The Wandering
The Wayward (Gogey [?] Grant )
The Westerlies (pick your direction)
Break Wind
The Winding Wind

Whew, I'm getting winded!

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 05:18 AM

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria ? blowed if I know.

eric

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 09:33 AM

THANK you Dave's Wife...and yes I was......glad I got that settled!

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Don Firth
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 12:58 PM

A Mighty Wind?

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 01:13 PM

Joe, Tai Fun/typhoon

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 01:23 PM

"Crepitation" as in "The Great Crepitation Contest"?

If we're becalmed that would be a great sin,
Away, Rio!
But we'll fill all our sails by just breaking wind,
We're bound for the Rio Grand!

Cheerily,
Charley Ignoble

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Aug 06 - 01:49 PM

The first mate's name was Carter
By god he was a farter
When the wind wouldn't blow
And the ship didn't go
They called upon Carter the Farter to start 'er.

Paterson just doesn't fit the rhyme somehow!

G.

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 11:35 AM

Very tasteful, Giok!

We'll try that one some day while we're scudding up alongside the yacht club float.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: GUEST,Mariah'
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 01:25 PM

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: GUEST,Mariah's Mom
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 01:41 PM

We named our daughter after the song from Paint Your Wagon - I always assumed that they call the wind Mariah because Mariah means "bitter" - what I never understood was why Leaner spelled it Maria? I thought that would be too confusing so I used the -h spelling.

Subject: RE: Why DO they call the wind Mariah?
From: GUEST,Aitkiar
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 05:20 AM

Maria is a spanish name very popular when the film was shot. In Spain, was usual too use maria as a generic for woman or girl, because of that.

It's a random thought but maybe the song is simply saiying that the wind is like a womman.