Some Misused Words.
JN THE HEADING to a note on the dry
wind that sweeps the Canterbury Plains from the Alps to the sea the Meteorological Office refers very precisely to The Canterbury “ northwester,” placing the last word in inverted commas.
But this warm wind is the “ nor' wester ” especially if you indicate its local nickname by inverted commas. It is necessary to give a pet name correctly, just as we speak of a “ sou’ wester ” to indicate a kind of waterproof storm helmet, and not a “ southwester.” TOUCHSTONE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 601, 3 November 1932, Page 8
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