A few days ago
Here I am again with a “word” question. I am listening to a radio station in Canada, and I just heard the
announcer give the weather report. She said that “it would be windy and cloud.” She did not say cloudy. Or she might have said “it will be windy with cloud,” not clouds. Anyway, she did not say cloudy or clouds like we would say. Is this a common way of expressing weather in Canada? Or was it just a thing with her?
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A few days ago
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I’ve never noticed Canadians deliberately leaving off the appropriate ending(s) for “cloud” when used in this way.
Live radio’s jam-packed with mis-speaks, and you can probably chalk it up to that.
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A few days ago
As a Canadian I can tell you that no, it is not common.
It was probably a radio miss-speak. Typically Canadian weather forecasting will say cloudy, cloudy with sunny breaks, cloud cover, etc.
I assume this is the same in most English speaking countries. I’m sure there might be Canadian slang in weather reports, however, “Windy with cloud” is not one of them.
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A few days ago
I don’t know if it is common in Canada or anywhere else but is correct to say ‘windy with cloud’.
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A few days ago
I think it was just a thing with her. They use plural words the same way we do.
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A few days ago
What do you expect They’re semi-yanks.
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