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**** The seasons would still be regular in that case, just longer.
*** He doesn't just shrug and say magic, he says that the explanation for that is magical. That doesn't mean he doesn't know what it is.
**** In fact, if you pay attention to the bits about the White Walkers, who are coming out in force during the events of the novels, something that's said several times: "They come when it's cold... or perhaps it becomes cold when they come." It's entirely possible that Westerosi winters are created by the White Walker population ebbing and surging for whatever reason.
** Perhaps they don't actually measure years, and any mention of years is part of a [[Translation Convention]]. Alternately, I recall hearing somewhere that Westeros' peculiar seasons are not natural in origin, and may be linked to The Doom of Valyria. In that case, they might be referring to the length of the seasonal cycle before then, which they've been keeping track of themselves, and which no longer has any bearing on the state of the world.
*** [[Translation Convention]] doesn't quite work because they celebrate birthdays at roughly speaking annual intervals.
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