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

By: null Alan Connor

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Synopsis: ‘Alan knows everything, knows everyone, and writes beautifully too.’RICHARD OSMAN‘The man with the contents of the Oxford English Dictionary stored just above his left eyebrow … and he’s quite funny too.’RORY CELLAN-JONES'A gorgeous, funny tour of the British Isles as seen from the clouds.’KONNIE HUQFor fans of THE ETYMOLOGICON and VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS, a delightfully damp tour of the British Isles. 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 208 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781473533646
Related ISBNs:: 9781785948541, 9781785948541
Publisher:: Ebury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 02/12/25
Copyrighted By:: Alan Connor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Travel, Language Arts, Earth Sciences, Humor
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.