For instance, South Africa has a medium level of rainfall, but languages from this region, such as Nyanja, East Taa and Shona ...

For instance, South Africa has a medium level of rainfall, but languages from this region, such as Nyanja, East Taa and Shona, have many rain-related words. This is probably because, unlike snow ...

Perhaps it’s due to the sheer amount of the wet stuff we’re exposed to that we love talking about it so much: we’ve no shortage of weird and wonderful words and phrases to describe rain.

For instance, South Africa has a medium level of rainfall, but languages from this region, such as Nyanja, East Taa and Shona, have many rain-related words. This is probably because, unlike snow ...

I’d say optimism is still good. We’ve got guys rolling, and if they’re not going yet, they have a good window of opportunity ...

It is sometimes said that there are 100 different words for rain in Scotland, from smirr to goselet and yillen. And while this total may be exaggerated, it is fair to say this country is well ...