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131 Words for Rain

A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces


  • Random House - BBC Books
  • by Alan Connor
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.

ISBN 9781785948541 | EN | HB
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Publisher Random House - BBC Books
ISBN 9781785948541
Author(s) by Alan Connor
Publication date November 2024
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 222 x 138 mm
Pages 320
Language(s) English ed.
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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.

131 Words for Rain

131 Words for Rain

€25.95