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5/4/09

Brit' Word of the Day

Todays BWOTD came to mind looking out of my office window!

"It started off as just drizzle, but now it's chucking it down"

'Drizzle' = very light rain, sprinkling or misting, both of which mean entirely different things to me! Sprinkling is what you do in the garden with a sprinkler attachment and misting is what you do to plants or your face.

'Chucking it down' = raining really hard. We also use 'raining cats & dogs' or 'pis*ing down' just as much.

Anyway the good news is our drought seems to be over for now.

13 comments:

  1. WinifredMay 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Glad your dought is over. Must have been awful.

    Yes Sarah we do get quite a bit of the drizzling stuff here.

    I'm not sure which expressions are regional. Do you say it's teaming down? What about raining stair rods?

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  2. WinifredMay 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Oops meant to spell drought!

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  3. SilverbackMay 4, 2009 at 2:45 PM

    Was only just talking about this with Daphne today. The words we Brits have for rain would fill a book....or a blog !

    Drizzle was sometimes mizzle with us in Ulster which was almost my UWOTD.

    Glad you've had some anyway as 'drought' is not a word we have much use for here !

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  4. The GrandpaMay 4, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    The drought's almost over in Georgia too. I like the sound of chucking it down.

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  5. Jill of All TradesMay 4, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    Love this. My Momma used to call it gully-washers.

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  6. VivMay 4, 2009 at 5:12 PM

    Chucking it down here in NYC too! That means when a bus drives by, get back, or brace yourself for shower #2 of the day! Nasty brown puddles all over!

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  7. LynnMay 4, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    To me drizzling, sprinkling and misting are all different kinds of rain. I think of drizzling as just a light, steady rain, sprinkling as just a few drops here and there and misting as a very fine rain, almost like a mist from a spray bottle.

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  8. Elizabeth BradleyMay 4, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    My Dad used to say, "It's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock."

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  9. Yogi♪♪♪May 4, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    Chucking is a new one for me.

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  10. CJMay 4, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    Since we have a colonial hang-up and love the Queen,We use those terms back here in India too :D

    Glad the drought is over

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  11. TexasRedMay 4, 2009 at 10:02 PM

    I haven't heard "chucking it down." Fantastic!

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  12. Jane Hards PhotographyMay 5, 2009 at 1:55 AM

    Oh Pi...ng down I use a lot. You are reminding me of so many words I take for granted that only the brits use.

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  13. Its Just Me - Daring to DreamMay 5, 2009 at 2:16 AM

    I knew the drizzle word! I am getting smarter by the reading! :)

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