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188 Words for Rain
A Delightfully Damp Tour of the British Isles, Led by Natural Forces (an Official BBC Weather Book)
Alan Connor
Livre relié | Anglais
25,45 €
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'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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- Nombre de pages :
- 320
- Langue:
- Anglais
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9781785948541
- Date de parution :
- 07-01-25
- Format:
- Livre relié
- Format numérique:
- Genaaid
- Dimensions :
- 135 mm x 216 mm
- Poids :
- 566 g
