188 words for rain : a delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces / Alan Connor.

Connor, Alan, 1974-, author

London : BBC Books, 2024.

201 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm

"BBC Weather"--Dust jacket.

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.

9781785948541 (hbk)

304.250941
304.250941 CON

English

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