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  • Re: Scorely [sp?] showers - say what?

    From Paul Carmichael@wibbleypants@gmail.com to alt.usage.english on Sat Jan 3 09:07:32 2026
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    El Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:32:41 +0100, occam escribi||:

    As a habitual insomniac who listens to the early morning BBC Shipping Forecast (05:35 AM), I heard a new adjective describing this particular
    form of rain - 'scorely showers'.

    Never having heard the expression before, I look it up. No luck. (It was repeated more than once, as the forecast made its round around the
    British isles. )

    Anyone?

    Squally?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squall
    --
    Paul.

    https://paulc.es

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  • From nospam@nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) to alt.usage.english on Sat Jan 3 11:30:20 2026
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    Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com> wrote:

    El Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:32:41 +0100, occam escribi<:

    As a habitual insomniac who listens to the early morning BBC Shipping Forecast (05:35 AM), I heard a new adjective describing this particular form of rain - 'scorely showers'.

    Never having heard the expression before, I look it up. No luck. (It was repeated more than once, as the forecast made its round around the
    British isles. )

    Anyone?

    Squally?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squall

    Hornblower always sees them coming in time to take down some sail.
    His less competent collegues tend to get wrecked,
    or at least lose some spars,

    Jan



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  • From occam@occam@nowhere.nix to alt.usage.english on Sat Jan 3 12:51:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.usage.english

    On 1/3/26 10:07 AM, Paul Carmichael wrote:
    El Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:32:41 +0100, occam escribi||:

    As a habitual insomniac who listens to the early morning BBC Shipping
    Forecast (05:35 AM), I heard a new adjective describing this particular
    form of rain - 'scorely showers'.

    Never having heard the expression before, I look it up. No luck. (It was
    repeated more than once, as the forecast made its round around the
    British isles. )

    Anyone?

    Squally?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squall


    Yes, very likely.
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