Fifty Words For Snow

BY NANCY CAMPBELL

ELLIOTT & THOMPSON £9.99

★★★★ Wordsmiths rejoice, this book is as simple and as brilliant as you might hope. Campbell, a poet, writer and Arctic traveller from the Borders, teaches us of snow in its many forms across the globe. Many of these words and phrases shall now be used at every given opportunity: ‘hagelslag’, meaning ‘hail burst’ or ‘chocolate hail’, is prime example number one. Also of note is ‘hundslappadrífa’, Icelandic for ‘snowflakes as big as a dog’s paw’. An excellent book to have so you can regale your family with factoids all winter.