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Rain!

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SushiSheep · 29/02/2024 13:11

Apparently there are over 100 different words for rain ☔️

https://starkeycomics.com/2019/03/14/100-british-words-for-rain/

Is it currently raining where you are?

It’s been so grey, damp and miserable for so long, I’ve forgotten what it feels like to be warm 😩

100 British Words for Rain - Starkey Comics

In the UK, we talk incessantly about the weather. In a recent study, 94% of British people admitted to having talked about the weather in the past six hours, and 38% in the last hour. There are a few reasons for this obsession; The first is that we hav...

https://starkeycomics.com/2019/03/14/100-british-words-for-rain/

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Bluevelvetsofa · 29/02/2024 16:14

Endless, endless depressing rain. I don’t care how many words there are for it, I just want it to stop.

CeeJay81 · 29/02/2024 16:21

It's not actually raining here atm but that's rare these last few months, as all its done is pee it down.

Where is the welsh?
Bwrw glaw is missing

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