Inclimate Sledding Party Postponed
There was a most appropriate misspelling in the announcement from the Trumansburg Learning Cooperative in the Trumansburg Free Press about the event that was scheduled for Saturday, but which certainly did not take place. The announcement on the cooperative’s web site reads:
“Holiday Party 2pm to Dark
Ski, sled, ice skate, play in the snow at Rice Hill; Please bring a snack
or beverage to share in the warm up lodge. Rain date for inclement weather
is Saturday, Jan 20th”
According to my dictionary, the word inclement describes weather which is “unpleasant in being stormy, rainy, or snowy”.
In the Trumansburg Free Press December 20 edition, the same announcement appears, but with a typographical error. This version reads: “Rain date for inclimate weather is Jan 20.”
Inclimate weather? My dictionary says that there is no such word as inclimate. Maybe there ought to be, though. The definition for this new word would be: Unseasonable weather due to climate change. If this year’s bizarre lack of winter weather continues, it’s a word that could come into quite common usage.
That’s so funny, i saw the headline and was going to post a comment about the misspelling. I have, what i like to call a “hobby”, of correcting misspelled or misused words. My husband would probably call it an “annoying habit”! But good point, inclimate could become a new word to describe our current lack of inclemence.(is that a word?!)
Thanks Jonathan. I’ll fix the TLC website. The “inclement” was my edit. I thought it meant weather that isn’t good for the activity that you want to undertake.
As for the climate stuff. Read “Shin Hollow News” for Jan. 3
Didn’t mean it as a criticism, Bill. I think it’s great and I’d keep it in. Little things like this help to provoke the evolution of our language to suit changing conditions.
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