In article ,
Robin Nicholson writes:
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 20:06:28 -0000, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:

... that's what this winter (which hasn't finished yet) is ....
allegedly (BBC News). The hype may be though .....

BBC have not had any calls and are repeating this approach!

R 2221hrs

It's funny how such canards become "established fact" through being
repeated. It seems to have started when some council bigwig (with no
meteorological expertise whatsoever) used the word in an interview, and
since then all the rest of the media have picked it up and are parroting
it.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)