What Language?

[R. Richard]

The local weather report said, "Light snow."

I called and told them, "Of course we have light snow. There's not a lot of heavy industry to color the snow with pollution, nor dust storms to color the snow with earth. What the hell did you expect?"

The MR person from the Weather Department said, "It means that were only gonna get a little snow."

I asked, "You mean, "Light snowfall, right?"

The MR person asks me, "What's the difference?"

I replied, "Language. Does your office have an outside window?"

The MR person replied, "Yeah, it's really comin' down out there."

I hung up. They can't use the language and they can't predict the weather.

 

[JackLuis]

After the third foot, snow is just more fucking snow!

"Spring is just around the corner," he said brightly.

 

[R. Richard]

The snow isn't so bad, it's the very slippery ice that's left after traffic has packed the snow down.

 

[oggbashan]

Our local radio weather reports include meaningful sentences such as:

"It'll be claggy out there."

"This morning will be misty, murky, and make you want to stay in bed."

"There will be sunshine, showers, rain and wind. We don't know where and when so you'll probably get the lot."

"The sun won't try today. The rain will be trying."

Og

 

[R. Richard]

Our local radio weather reports include meaningful sentences such as:

"It'll be claggy out there."

Og

Claggy???

 

[Handley_Page]

Claggy???

Ah. from CLAG.
A word describing a dull, murky (occasionally misty or foggy) sort of day, with low visibility, damp roads and a general feeling of cold. It's not exactly life-threatening, but it is not nice to be out in it for any period of time.

My favourite weather report (on our national BBC Radio 4 News) was when Brian Redhead (bless his soul) said on morning "It will be Wet."

 

[DearEmma]

Our local radio weather reports include meaningful sentences such as:

"It'll be claggy out there."

"This morning will be misty, murky, and make you want to stay in bed."

"There will be sunshine, showers, rain and wind. We don't know where and when so you'll probably get the lot."

"The sun won't try today. The rain will be trying."

Og

That sounds like fun. I wouldn't mind if they changed it up a bit like that. Then the weather wouldn't seem so dreary and boring. Maybe report the weather in French every once in a while. So even if it's raining I could pretend I was in Europe or Quebec and the weather wouldn't seem so dull. It wouldn't matter that I couldn't understand what they're saying. It's never accurate anyway.

 

[WRJames]

Our local radio weather reports include meaningful sentences such as:

"It'll be claggy out there."

"This morning will be misty, murky, and make you want to stay in bed."

"There will be sunshine, showers, rain and wind. We don't know where and when so you'ltl probably get the lot."

"The sun won't try today. The rain will be trying."

Og

The weather my ancestors fled from. The reaon British youth went out to create a tropical empire.

 

[TE999]

When I lived in South Florida, the TV and radio weather reporters were instructed to say it would be 'partly sunny' instead of 'partly cloudy' since it sounded more positive to the tourists and mentioned the sun.

 

[R. Richard]

When I lived in South Florida, the TV and radio weather reporters were instructed to say it would be 'partly sunny' instead of 'partly cloudy' since it sounded more positive to the tourists and mentioned the sun.

Is the glass half full or half empty?