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BBC原文連結The stories behind Britain's weirdest weather words

今天在BBC看到這篇跟天氣有關的文章，這篇是跪婦小筆記，所以就不翻譯了喔。

1. Northern nanny: which describes cold hail and windstorm coming from the north,
2. Moor-gallop: a sudden squall on a moor.
3. Dinderex: a Devon term for a bolt of lightning which literally means ‘thunder-axe’.”
4. Picking: although this is mainly used in a few parts of Wales to describe a light rain
5. Custard wind: cold, easterly winds on England’s northeast coast)
6. Cat's nose: cool north-westerly wind)
7. Cow-quaker:  refers to May storms after cows were let into the fields
8. Lambing storm : is a light spring snowfall
9. Horse-guts: In Scots, small broken clouds can be described as ‘’
10. Goose fair morning: in Nottingham to describe a bright but cool daybreak,
11. Airish: for cool weather is now mainly used in Scotland
12. Letty, stoating or specking: words for rain