{"id":20197,"date":"2016-09-20T22:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=20197"},"modified":"2016-09-20T22:37:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:37:30","slug":"the-trend-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=20197","title":{"rendered":"The Trend Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Met Office has revealed the names it will be assigning to storms during 2017\/18<\/a>. Here they are:\"Storm<\/p>\n

You could just leave it at that. If you\u2019re like me, though, you might see something a little more sinister.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, hurricanes were always given female names. In our modern PC world, though, this is totally unacceptable, and nowadays they use a mixture of male and female names. I believe that they alternate \u2013 so one hurricane will be female, the next male, the next female, and so on.<\/p>\n

The Met Office \u2013 which started naming \u201cstorms\u201d in the UK last year \u2013 has been giving them both male and female names from the start. As you know, all science in the UK simply has to involve children (and people with the kinds of children), which explains why you get names like Oisin and Wilbert.<\/p>\n

I mean, there have been about six people named Wilbert in the last 100 years. Most of them are dead (a bit like the name, really), and those who aren\u2019t nearly are. And although Oisin is apparently a top choice for Irish language boys\u2019 names in Ireland, I can honestly say that the only time I\u2019ve ever come across it is in ancient Irish literature (Oisin was the son of Fionn MacCool) through one of my favourite bands, Horslips.