The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Anyway, we have just had a shower of it here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:06:40 +0000 (GMT), wrote:


The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Soft hail, snow pellets?

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Cheers
Dave.

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Soft hail, snow pellets?

Well, yes, but I want a word. I have just had an idea: snobbling.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 30/03/2013 12:06, wrote:
The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Anyway, we have just had a shower of it here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Isn't it known as granular snow?

On 30/03/2013 12:06, wrote:
The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Anyway, we have just had a shower of it here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.



Apart fom disgreeble, how about a hailsnorm?

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

wrote in :

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Soft hail, snow pellets?

Well, yes, but I want a word. I have just had an idea: snobbling.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I think snohailing is good. Not to be confused with snowboarding which is a
sport for the people who can do it.

Baz

"Spider" wrote in message
...
On 30/03/2013 12:06, wrote:
The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Anyway, we have just had a shower of it here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.



Apart fom disgreeble, how about a hailsnorm?


Snailing?
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Pete C

On 30/03/2013 12:06, wrote:
The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Anyway, we have just had a shower of it here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

You should ask an Inuit. They probably have as many words for it as the
forms in which it exists (more snow than hail; more hail than snow,
equal amounts, etc). Then decide on an English translation.

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Jeff

Slightly off topic, but...........

If when its raining and the sun shines, we have a
rainbow, what do we get when it is snowing and the sun
shines (apart from cold!) a snowbow?




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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

On 2013-03-30 15:41:59 +0000, Roger Tonkin said:

Slightly off topic, but...........

If when its raining and the sun shines, we have a
rainbow, what do we get when it is snowing and the sun
shines (apart from cold!) a snowbow?



A noseblow!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 30/03/2013 15:41, Roger Tonkin wrote:
Slightly off topic, but...........

If when its raining and the sun shines, we have a
rainbow, what do we get when it is snowing and the sun
shines (apart from cold!) a snowbow?







Snowshine, of course :~).

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On 30/03/2013 17:06, Spider wrote:
On 30/03/2013 15:41, Roger Tonkin wrote:
Slightly off topic, but...........

If when its raining and the sun shines, we have a
rainbow, what do we get when it is snowing and the sun
shines (apart from cold!) a snowbow?




A bloody miricle

Why bother with an english translation? We don't usually, we just swallow words whole.

eg tsunami

wrote in message ...
In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Soft hail, snow pellets?

Well, yes, but I want a word. I have just had an idea: snobbling.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Try an aangram - washnoil or other arrangement......good fun eh?

Bill

On 30/03/2013 20:08, kay wrote:
'Jeff Layman[_2_ Wrote:
;979941']On 30/03/2013 12:06, wrote:-
The English language lacks a word for a mixture of snow and hail,
usually in the form of lumps that are neither one nor the other.
Any ideas on what to call it?

Anyway, we have just had a shower of it here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.-

You should ask an Inuit. They probably have as many words for it as the

forms in which it exists (more snow than hail; more hail than snow,
equal amounts, etc). Then decide on an English translation.

--

Jeff

Why bother with an english translation? We don't usually, we just
swallow words whole.

eg tsunami

Good point - we already have "igloo". But there doesn't appear to be an
Inuit word for snow/hail combination. The nearest I can find is
"kanevvluk" - fine snow/rain particles.

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Jeff