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An official BBC Weather book and a charming tour around the UK, celebrating our very British obsession with rain. '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 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.

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Author:   Alan Connor
Publisher:   Ebury Publishing
Imprint:   BBC Books
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781785948541

ISBN 10:   1785948547
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   14 November 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available  
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Alan Connor has had a column about words in the Guardian since 2011. His comedy writing includes Charlie Brooker's Wipe programmes and Have I Got News For You. His previous books have dealt with why we enjoy quiz questions and what life is like in different areas of the Shipping Forecast. His favourite kind of rain is a fine, misty Scottish smirr.

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