slang

I like a bit of the vernacular – good story they must have money to cobble dogs if they can afford this change…..This article tells us:

Baffling meteorological forecasts could be consigned to history under a scheme to help more people understand the weather.

The Met Office is planning to incorporate regional slang into local broadcasts to make bulletins simpler and more useful.

Unsurprisingly for a country obsessed with the weather, Britain has an impressive lexicon of meteorological idioms, from “raining cats and dogs”, to conditions “cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey” a phrase originating from military history rather than chilly primates.

The Met Office is launching an appeal for people to submit their local weather words and terms, so they can come up with a new glossary for use in regional forecasts. They are also considering reading the weather in local dialects.