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Weather Words

Word of Mouth

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For Heavy Rain, It's Stotting

Claudia cotton reminds us how regional dialect terms and can express ideas about the weather from the northeast. She says, for heavy rain, it's stotting. The idea that the rain is so heavy it sounds like stones hitting the ground. And a cat's nose seems to be er german phenomenon - originally catas in the hearts region of northern germany.

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