3.5

Entertaining and informative jaunt around the UK to talk about the weather patterns, as well as various regional words and phrases connected to rain. It's often said that we are always talking about the weather here in the UK, and I've heard many a time that that is largely down to the fact that we can experience so many different forms of weather in one day. True enough. I had never really thought about the fact that in many places, the weather is more or less the same from one day to the next.

*Many thanks to Netgally and the publishers for a copy in exchange for an honest opinion.*

This is an interesting little book. I moved around a fair bit as a child so I'm always conscious of the different ways 'locals' refer to different things, but I'd never really considered how weather words (specifically rain) can vary quite so much around the country!
I liked the way the book travels across Britain, going through different local terms and their origins. This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in language, especially local slang and etymology, but also anyone interested in the weather as it was interesting to learn about different weather systems across the country.