On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:23:15 +0100
John Hall wrote:

In message ,
xmetman writes
I thought when I looked at the temperature of 17.5°C here this
morning as I got up I thought that here in the SW we would be the
warmest place in the British Isles but no, most places even northern
Scotland are in the range 16-18°C, not surprising really when most
of us are sat in a broad warm sector. It's strange that Carole would
say that we are sat between two weather fronts on this mornings
forecast rather than use the phrase 'warm sector', she obviously
thought that it was far too technical a term for the general viewer
to understand.

If she really said "we are sat" rather than "we are sitting" then I
suppose it's not that surprising, but just another sad reminder that
for some reason the more grammatical "we are sitting" seems to be
falling into disuse. I inwardly wince every time I hear someone on
radio or TV say "I was sat" or "I was stood", which means that I
wince an awful lot.

Sorry for the rant, but it's a particular bugbear of mine.

In the one I saw, she pointed out the rain on the "warm front" to the
east and then that on the "cold front" in the west. She mentioned the
"cold front" a further couple of times. "Weather front" came up a
couple of times as did "front" on its own. Although she didn't mention
"warm sector", I thought she did a pretty good job.

I didn't notice her say "we are sat" but that is no evidence for her
innocence or guilt in that respect.

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