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24 March 2009

Last Dark Grill of the Year

In 2007, the United States extended daylight savings time by three weeks. Europe did not. We will change our clocks this coming weekend.

So tonight should be the last night that I must grill in the dark. (more…)

14 October 2008

Word of the Moment: serein

Filed under: ireland,mental state — Tags: , , , , , , , — Will @ 13:32

From the best word-a-day website, at wordsmith.org:

serein

PRONUNCIATION:
(suh-RAN [the second syllable is nasal])

MEANING:
noun: Fine rain falling from an apparently cloudless sky, typically observed after sunset.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French serein, from Old French serain (evening), from Latin serum (evening), from serus (late).

USAGE:
“She must have caught a chill from the serein, that’s all!” Raphael Confiant; Mamzelle Dragonfly; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2000.

Here in Dublin, I’ve observed serein during the morning, afternoon, and evening as well. I don’t know of any uniquely Irish slang for this type of rain, although there are lots of words and colloquial phrases for heavier rain.

There must be a word for serein, given how common it is here (and how uncommon it is everywhere else I’ve lived).

10 July 2008

The BBB&B No-Rain Pledge™

Filed under: B&B,ireland — Tags: , , , , — Will @ 20:24

Since its founding, the Bakker Bugle Bed & Breakfast has provided a special experience for visitors to Ireland. This spring, the BBB&B started making that experience even more special, through the BBB&B No-Rain Pledge™. (See below for more details.)

We are proud to announce the preliminary results of our innovative Irish Precipitation Undermining Programme. (more…)

18 June 2007

Weather Symbols in Ireland

Filed under: ireland — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Will @ 20:20

Here’s today’s forecast from Met Eireann, the Republic’s weather service.

Weather Symbols Ireland

The symbol in the lower left corner is the typical weather for Dublin. On a good day, we get the sun-rain-LIGHT-clouds symbol (upper-left and upper-right symbols).

It seems a little surreal to combine every possibility into a single symbol, but it really is the most effective way to communicate a forecast. The forecast for the four regions in this clipping makes sense to me, and I’ve only been here a short while.

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