Liquid Rain

[Matthew Gordon]

I've never heard "frozen rain" though "freezing rain" has been all too
common in recent months.


On 2/26/07 7:47 AM, "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Amen to that, Barbara. To me, even "frozen rain" is strange.
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> -Wilson
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> On 2/25/07, Barbara Need <nee1 at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>> In the weather report last night for the Chicago Area, the weatherman
>> warned us to expect "snow, sleet [I think that was the middle one],
>> and liquid rain". Clearly this retronym is in contrast to "frozen
>> rain", but it sounded REALLY WEIRD!
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>> Barbara
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>> Barbara Need
>> UChicago
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