On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:42:34 +0100, Kay
wrote:

In article , Frogleg
writes
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:29:32 +0100, Kay
wrote:

Over adopted in the context of a country where for many months of the
year any fallen rain does not evaporate for a considerable time. If we
had heavy rain which dried quickly in hot sun, decking would be
admirable. Decking is not suitable where you have periods of drizzle
interrupted by periods of cloud.

I've read Brit lit since I was a tiny child, and eventually became
familiar with terms that define "two countries divided by a single
language," but it took forever to figure out "airing cupboard."

Moving from the relatively dry SE to more northerly and wetter
Yorkshire, one of the things that struck me about house hunting is how
all the owners proudly showed off their airing cupboards built around
giant sized central heating boilers ;-)

but the NE is also relatively dry compared to the NW and SW.

The airing cupboards in the NE are no smaller or bigger than in wet
South Wales and the supposedly dry SE.