‘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.
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- Authors:
- Connor, Alan
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Publisher:
- Ebury Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 14/11/2024
- Format:
- Hardback
- Number of Pages:
- 208
- ISBN:
- 9781785948541
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781785948541