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131 Words for Rain A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces (an official BBC Weather book)
131 Words for Rain A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces (an official BBC Weather book)
- ISBN 13:
9781785948541
- ISBN 10:
1785948547
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 04/15/2025
- Publisher: BBC Books
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Summary
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.
