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When talk about the weather heats up or cools down | Letters

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When talk about the weather heats up or cools down | Letters
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Readers contribute words that describe how people feel in all weathersI was interested to read some of the words that your letter writers associated with the weather and our reactions to it (Puggled, scumfished or utterly shrammed, 14 July). Unsurprisingly, the English language is redolent with words to do with harsh weather, with many of the longest-established terms tending towards the cold or inclement. Perhaps as hotter weather becomes the norm rather than the exception, we’ll start to talk

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