Stotting describes rain so heavy that it bounces on the sidewalk. In Northern England, a stotting ball or stotty ball is a rubber ball. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of ““Stotting” Means Bouncing Rain in Northern England”
Here’s another word that I’d never heard involving RAIN.
The term is stotting, s t o t t I n g.
That describes rain that’s coming down heavily, hard enough to bounce.
And in fact, in Northern England, a stotting ball or a stotty ball is a rubber ball used in children’s games.
So it’s as if a bunch of hard rubber balls are falling.
Yeah, and bouncing around.
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