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Show people a photo of this meteorological phenomenon
and
ask them what it's called. Look up what they say in the
"Local
examples" section of the article, and you can tell where
they're from (as long as they're from one of those
locations).
Föhn wind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn_wind
[notexactly, Apr 01 2016]
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This is an old idea...from Merriam Webster: |
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Simple Definition of shibboleth |
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: an old idea, opinion, or saying that is commonly believed and repeated but that may be seen as old-fashioned or untrue |
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: a word or way of speaking or behaving which shows that a person belongs to a particular group |
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By the way, thanks for the term - I need one of these winds for my D&D game this weekend, nice to know it exists. |
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How do you show someone a photo of a föhn wind?
Won't the umlauts be out of focus? |
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I keep thinking of Clouseau ("You're wanted on the
föhn, inspector.") |
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What [MB] said - photos don't work. |
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I found the example personally interesting, though - I was able to
figure out why "chinook" was in my pa's vocabulary, but "williwaw" will
require further research. |
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+ but you need something more general than foehn wind.
Not all locations have that stuff. In one place I lived it's a
big part of local weather. In another it's something
unheard of. |
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