When does a fuckin' shower become 'Wintry'? Does it depend on the date, the temperature, the location or the mood/competence of the forecaster? Before all of this, what about the word itself; it's a shit word.
It can only mean 'like Winter, or associated with Winter', but somehow the 'e' is dropped when adding the 'y'. The media have chosen to adopt this shortened version of Wintery; both are technically acceptable, but the glee with which TV and radio forecasters use 'Wintry' is nauseating. If something is associated with Summer, then the term is 'Summery' (not Summry - thank God). If anyone were to use Summry instead of 'Summery' then in summary, I'd say they ought to be summarily dismissed!
So, back to the adjective concerned. What actually makes a shower 'Wintry'? I contest that water falling from the sky in Winter is not in fact enough to warrant the description. This is because I hear forecasters saying things like " . . and they could turn Wintry on high ground" when referring to showers. So, a shower can apparently become 'Wintry'. I have never heard that a shower falling in July might turn 'Summery'!
We are well into the time when many showers will now be 'Wintry'. The term becomes relevant from September - which was when I heard the first reference, a few weeks ago - and it will continue to be used until the end of April (as was the case this year). So, 'Wintry' showers fall for 8 months of the year, and for the other 4 months, we get ordinary showers that fall in the Summer.
What a load of bollocks!
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