Haar or hair?

July 25, 2008

I came across the word “haar” recently. In the weather reports by the Metoffice. Slightly confusing as that same word in Dutch means “hair”. I figured it probably had nothing to do with our scalps but with some sort of fog. And indeed it did. Just type in define:haar in your Google search box and:

“A name applied to a wet sea fog or very fine drizzle that drifts in from the sea in coastal districts of eastern Scotland and northeastern England. It occurs most frequently in summer.”

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