In message , Chris Smith
writes
nguk wrote:
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...ook/index.html


"whilst northeastern areas valiantly hold on to colder temperatures
with cloud"

Huh? What's "valiant" about that? Weird choice of phrase!


The "pathetic fallacy" is when human emotions are attributed to
non-human beasts. I suppose this is an extreme case.
--
Peter Thomas