Why Britons just can't stop talking about the weather another Be in no doubt, whether it’s meeting someone for the first time, filling an awkward devastated silence or breaking the (1)___________ in a job interview, what’s going on in the even ever forecasts from sky can always revive a conversation. We dissect it, analyse it, regularly show surprise at it, love it and hate it (2)__________ immersing ourselves in it during the summer and hiding away (3)__________ it in winter. And some of us spend a good proportion of our lives writing about it. hurricanes ice Britain is a nation obsessed (4)___________ the weather, whichever way you look in at it - in fact. A recent (5)____________ revealed that when asked to identify nothing what makes us uniquely British, most of us think it’s our love of talking about the other weather. Heatwaves, snow, (6)__________, rain, clouds, gales and storms beat own 50 (7)__________ typically British features including sarcasm, drinking tea and something keeping a stiff upper lip. survey than There are several theories as to why on this great island we love nothing more which (8)_____________ discussing the forecast or the fallout from a bad spell of snow while or rain. Many think it is down to the variable nature of our climate, or our infamous who rain and gloom gives us plenty to satisfy out (9)____________ obsession - with moaning. We do not have the dramatic extremes of cold experienced in say Northern Europe where the mercury can plunge to -30C, or Australia which recently battled devastating forest fires sparked by highs nudging 50C. Nor do we have the typhoons and (10)_____________ which sweep through the Far East and America tearing houses from their foundations and leaving vast communities (11)_____________ in their wake. So why do we feel our relatively calm climate warrants such discussion? Are we just a nation of dullards with little else to base a discussion around? Experts have their (12)__________ opinions. Vantage Weather Services’ Jonathan Powell said part of the reason is Britain’s location in the world (13)___________ makes for a changeable weather picture. He said extreme variations in the weather can happen in a matter of hours rapidly generating new talking points. The weather is always among those three conversation opening gambits because there is always (14)___________ to say. And no one day is the same, whatever the season, there is always something different to say about the weather. (15)___________ in one day, that old saying of four seasons is very true, you can get huge variations in the climate.”
