“Without dust there would be no clouds or rain — instead, everything would be soaking wet with moisture. Our dresses would become wet and dripping, and umbrellas useless.”
I just came across that line from C19th meteorologist John Aitken, quoted by Paul Simons & copied by me into my commonplace book last year.
So a reason to be grateful to the volcano.
Speaking of which, RTE1 sought a lesson in pronunciation from an Icelander live on air. She very helpfully explained that it helps to break it down into three parts which translate as island, mountain, volcano. So it makes perfect sense to refer to it just as The Volcano – we talk all the time about The Hill for example, if it is a familiar one.
I just came across that line from C19th meteorologist John Aitken, quoted by Paul Simons & copied by me into my commonplace book last year.
So a reason to be grateful to the volcano.
Speaking of which, RTE1 sought a lesson in pronunciation from an Icelander live on air. She very helpfully explained that it helps to break it down into three parts which translate as island, mountain, volcano. So it makes perfect sense to refer to it just as The Volcano – we talk all the time about The Hill for example, if it is a familiar one.
And we are all now beginning to see the funny side. Peter Brookes did a great cartoon in The Times - Eyjafjalljokameron. And Cicero's Songs has the Best Volcano joke so far
