What you say is true , but I think he has a way out of this however handwavey , and that is the unusual seasonal system in Westeros . Who is to say that unpredictable and often year long or longer winters couldn ' t have all kinds of far reaching implications for a society that would make them diverge from the rules of the game as we observe them . <| sep |> How at least where I live little kids are supposed to say Mommy and Daddy , or Mama and Papa , and then once you ' re eight or nine you have to switch to Mom and Dad . It ' s like growing up with a friend named Lucy and then all of a sudden having to call her Ruth . Or something . <| sep |> University of Cape Town University of Pretoria . <| sep |> You ' re just as bad as that person . I ' d argue worse .