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