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Old November 11th 03, 08:43 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Misty drizzly mirk

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:06:42 +0000, Mark Chamberlain wrote in


On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:54:22 +0000, Jonathan Stott
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We have misty drizzly mirk here too this morning

Jonathan
Canterbury


Didn't one presenter used to call it mizzle?


That is a word I haven't heard in a long time, but was used by my late
father when describing such conditions. As he only had a passing interest
in the weather, I can only think he picked it up elsewhere and that goes
back to early last century.

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