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Sadly quite a few are no onger i use but given the Scottish weather we have quite few names for rain:

http://jackelliot.over-blog.com/2017/03 ... -rain.html

I thought

Pea Souper (English term in use in Scotland)

was thick fog or thick fog and rain..

Very Good!! I remember quite a few from my youth, but many are new to me. What I do remember about Scottish rain is the old (and at least partly true) quip:

"Aye, ye ken it's summer, the rain's warmer."

'warmer' with much rolling of the Rs and the 'a' sounded as in 'harm' not 'warm'. (We had an elderly eccentric spinster called Miss Cootes as a French teacher at Perth Academy in the 60s. She would squeak at us errant pupils with our dreadful French accents - Roll your RRRs boy (or girl) making it sound like 'Roll your arse!' much to our male juvenile delight especially when directed at one of the girls.)

I always thought Diggle meant rain as well

Ovenpaa wrote:I always thought Diggle meant rain as well

Very true .... although I did get sunburned there a few weeks back. (Honest guv, the absolute truth!)

This talk of Scottish rain reminds me of another local saying from when I worked in the Glasgow area for a year or two. (I bet there are local equivalents all over the world.)

See them hills over there (pointing to the north east, the Campsie Hills?). If youse can't see them it means it's raining. If you can, it means it's about to rain.

Strathclyde and Ayrshire make Diggle look like a semi-arid desert area of course when it comes to rainfall. Only Ireland (where the rain clouds make landfall after leaving the Atlantic) could be worse methinks. (But then I don't know Wales at all!)

Ah the West coast of Ireland, not so much rain but a all pervading very fine drizzle. The local description is it's "soft day". I motor biked from Galway to Westport on a such day, I didn't see any scenery it was like going through low cloud all day.

Bergen on the West coast of Norway has a similar reputation for thd number of wet days. The joke is a tourist in Bergen asked a young local boy "does it ever stop raining here"? The boy replies "I don't know, I'm only twelve"

On the bright side, once it reaches your skin it doesn't soak through any further.

Always find it funny when tourists ask why it's raining in summer....4 seasons all in one day at Knockhill - lovely. Wake up in Strathclyde, weather lovely - drive to Edinburgh and Castle Law - and rain and mist stop play...GGRRRR Still, it is nice place in any weather. Wish it would rain here, only 37C today.

I am on a ship just between Troon and Ailsa Craig, closer to the island and the weather is utter Pish, I thank you.

There were a few new ones crafted on Century this afternoon................

Pete

I once visited Bergen in bright sunshine, I could see the islands as I flew in and it was simply stunning. Well stunning other than I was on a flight from the UK to Oslo with no stops... A minor issue apparently which got worse when I went to board again and was told my flight was from the UK to Oslo so I was not getting on, followed by lots of flight attendants trying to find me because I should be on the flight. I do like Norway :)

Wales - it always rains when I am there regardless of location.

Gazoo -

I am on a ship just between Troon and Ailsa Craig, closer to the island and the weather is utter Pish, I thank you.

You're sounding Scottish with that description mate, well done to you!