188 Words for Rain: A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces
188 Words for Rain: A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces (an official BBC Weather book) by Alan Connor
English | 14 Nov. 2024 | ISBN: 1785948547, 9781473533646 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 12.3 MB
English | 14 Nov. 2024 | ISBN: 1785948547, 9781473533646 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 12.3 MB
For fans of THE ETYMOLOGICON and VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS, a delightfully damp tour of the British Isles.
Mizzle. Dreich. Raining knives and forks. A real mugga-fisty. A spot of plother…
We Brits love talking about the weather. So much so that our islands have hundreds of words and phrases for rain, some self-explanatory and others that really leave us scratching our heads. From a light smirr in Aberdeen to a "it's raining knives and forks!" in the Brecon Beacons, each type of rain tells a story about the people and places it falls on.
In this delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, writer and puddle-splasher Alan Connor digs deep into the meaning and quirky histories of over one hundred words for precipitation. He gets caught in a plash in Northumberland, crashes a fox's wedding in Devon and ponders the phenomenon of Brits-who-picnic-in-the-car, in this charming and witty celebration of our very British obsession.