# 188 Words for Rain

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- Authors: [Alan Connor](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-connor)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2024-11-14

## Description

‘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 HUQ For 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.

## Editions

### 188 Words for Rain

- Publisher: bbc_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7353-364-6
- Published: 2024-11-14
- Language: en_GB

### 188 Words for Rain

- Publisher: BBC
- ISBN: 978-17-8594-854-1
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2024-11-14
- Language: en_GB