Liquid Rain

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hey, weather celebrities!  My new concept is "vaporous rain"!  It's so much more sciencey than "fog"!

  JL

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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Amen to that, Barbara. To me, even "frozen rain" is strange.

-Wilson

On 2/25/07, Barbara Need 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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