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I might be wrong but I think people were saying this long before GOT?

sammalloy 4y ago
I doubt it. It’s a direct reference to the book. To be a sweet summer child in the book is to be naive about the winter that is eventually coming, since you’re too young to have ever lived through a winter before, and therefore have no idea or conception or experience of what the real world is actually like. For those who don’t know, summers and winters are exceptionally long in the fantasy world of Westeros, and if you were born at the beginning of summer, you could reach the age of 10 before ever knowing a winter.
- nullwarp 4y ago
  I've lived in the south my whole life and have heard the phrase long before game of thrones...
  - sammalloy 4y ago
    Are you 26? The book was published in 1996. It could very well be an already existing expression, but I had never heard it before the book.
- bobkazamakis 4y ago
  tell me you're a sheltered teenager without telling me
- _mxrx 4y ago
  This is a very common southern saying. The saying existed in The West Wind by James Staunton Babcock in 1849. It likely existed before that.
  - sammalloy 4y ago
    Thanks for the correction. I’m from California and never heard it before. Do you think the author of GOT was paying homage to the Southern usage for a reason?
    - wastedimage 4y ago
      It's just a fun way of saying naive.
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- jacobsenscott 4y ago
  It dates from the 1800s (and should have stayed there), but the show re-popularized it. https://www.yourdictionary.com/sweet-summer-child https://www.yourdictionary.com/sweet-summer-child
- 6figurelenins 4y ago
  I assure you it predates GoT. https://www.quora.com/Who-started-the-phrase-you-sweet-summer-child-to-refer-to-a-naive-person-Was-it-from-a-movie-I-missed-And-more-important-do-you-think-it-will-run-its-course-or-will-it-become-embedded-in-American-discourse-like?top_ans=183437108 https://www.quora.com/Who-started-the-phrase-you-sweet-summe... It's just art imitating life. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_of_Winter_Night https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_of_Winter_Night
- astura 4y ago
  Dude, you kidding me? It was a saying long before the books existed. The saying is almost certainly older than George R. R. Martin himself.
nullc 4y ago
Better than it being a Glory Season (1990) reference.

I doubt it. It’s a direct reference to the book. To be a sweet summer child in the book is to be naive about the winter that is eventually coming, since you’re too young to have ever lived through a winter before, and therefore have no idea or conception or experience of what the real world is actually like. For those who don’t know, summers and winters are exceptionally long in the fantasy world of Westeros, and if you were born at the beginning of summer, you could reach the age of 10 before ever knowing a winter.

nullwarp 4y ago
I've lived in the south my whole life and have heard the phrase long before game of thrones...
- sammalloy 4y ago
  Are you 26? The book was published in 1996. It could very well be an already existing expression, but I had never heard it before the book.
bobkazamakis 4y ago
tell me you're a sheltered teenager without telling me
_mxrx 4y ago
This is a very common southern saying. The saying existed in The West Wind by James Staunton Babcock in 1849. It likely existed before that.
- sammalloy 4y ago
  Thanks for the correction. I’m from California and never heard it before. Do you think the author of GOT was paying homage to the Southern usage for a reason?
  - wastedimage 4y ago
    It's just a fun way of saying naive.
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jacobsenscott 4y ago
It dates from the 1800s (and should have stayed there), but the show re-popularized it. https://www.yourdictionary.com/sweet-summer-child https://www.yourdictionary.com/sweet-summer-child
6figurelenins 4y ago
I assure you it predates GoT. https://www.quora.com/Who-started-the-phrase-you-sweet-summer-child-to-refer-to-a-naive-person-Was-it-from-a-movie-I-missed-And-more-important-do-you-think-it-will-run-its-course-or-will-it-become-embedded-in-American-discourse-like?top_ans=183437108 https://www.quora.com/Who-started-the-phrase-you-sweet-summe... It's just art imitating life. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_of_Winter_Night https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_of_Winter_Night
astura 4y ago
Dude, you kidding me? It was a saying long before the books existed. The saying is almost certainly older than George R. R. Martin himself.

nullc 4y ago

Better than it being a Glory Season (1990) reference.