131 Words for Rain: A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces (an official BBC Weather book)

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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) Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Ebury Publishing
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Pages: 208 Language: English ISBN: 9781785948541 Categories: , , ,

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.

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Author Biography

Alan Connor has had a column about words in the Guardian since 2011. His comedy writing includes Charlie Brooker’s Wipe programmes and Have I Got News For You. His previous books have dealt with why we enjoy quiz questions and what life is like in different areas of the Shipping Forecast. His favourite kind of rain is a fine, misty Scottish smirr.