Cornishman
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A forecaster on the BBC R4 Today programme this morning spoke of Haar when that master of interrupting somebody who is speaking, John Humphries, cried out Haar? with a large question mark in his intonation, ignoramus that he is. Coastal fog has different names in different parts of the country. Some, f'rinstance, call it Fret. What do you call it?
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Stingo
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Fog.
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MoodySabre
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Murk
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Cornishman
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But what sort? It matters.
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boatmike
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That's original!
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Iota
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sea fret as adverse to a hill fret i.e. on moors etc
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Morgana
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Yep.... we're users of the grand term 'Murk' to.......
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KenMcCulloch
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Haar is very specific to the east coast of Scotland, appearing on a NE wind in the spring and early summer. On the west coast of Scotland fog is fog.
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Chrusty1
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Sludge.........as in "it's looking a bit sludgey out there today".........
By the way, John Humphries, ignorant??? He may be a lot of things, but I don't think you can rightly say that he is ignorant.
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Jimi
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Clag
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