In the UK , well the part of the UK I live in we say “it’s a monkey’s birthday”
Well more actually most of the time we don’t say anything about it all
I’m Florida we call it 4pm.
Devil beating his wife sounds deep south as fuck…
This map is inaccurate. I’m from Arizona and “sunshower” is commonly used here.
Yup. SE Texas and it’s “Devil is beating his wife” here.
I’m also from Arizona, been here my whole life, and I have no word for this. I haven’t ever heard anyone say sunshower either. Different circles maybe.
I’ve always called it liquid sunshine
That sounds like a euphemism for pee.
That’s what I say as well up here in the Pacific Northwest
The devil what?!?
From Northeastern PA, and yeah I immediately thought “oh, a sunshower?”
But yeah, the devil doesn’t have a wife wtf
Well then who the hell is he beating?
Verizon coverage map links up with this data. Coincidence??
Meanwhile, me and my siblings: “It’s raining sunshine!”
I’m from the Deep South. You couldn’t tell by my accent. I moved away for college and lived overseas and on both coasts. I didn’t know what a “sun shower” was until I was in my mid/late twenties and said “the devil is beating his wife” in front of my friends. That’s the only term for it I had ever heard up to that point.
Are you me? This is very similar to my story regarding this phrase. I have just heard the phrase associated with the situation. Not that rain falling while the sun is out is CALLED the devil is beating his wife. Rather, it’s just the indicator somehow.
Yes, that is why it happens
damn. i was like 55% certain that this was a shitpost and no one actually said that until i read your comment. we almost got a shitpost on c/shitpost. maybe it’s not too late to get a meme on c/meme
I grew up in the CA bay area and always called them sunshowers. I didn’t make that up: I called them sunshowers when I was a kid because the people around me called them sunshowers.
As an aside, I also taught linguistics at the university level for about 10 years. I do question the accuracy of many of Katz’s charts because they very often do not match people’s expectations, and beyond the level of “you expected this because you didn’t know any better”. I would take them with a grain of salt. That’s not really a dig on Katz, either: difficult to study anything at this scale.
Same for AZ. This map sucks.
We always said it was the devil’s daughter was getting married.
I felt like I was taking crazy pills until I came across this comment. I’ve always heard this one instead of the “beating his wife” one.
I’ve also heard some variations of this one like “a witch is marrying the devil” or “a witch is getting married”.
I personally call them sunshowers.
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The devil is married?
A few minutes before the services started, the townspeople were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate.
Soon everyone had exited the church except for one elderly gentleman who sat calmly in his pew without moving, seeming oblivious to the fact that God’s ultimate enemy was in his presence.
So Satan walked up to the old man and said, “Don’t you know who I am?” The man replied, “Yep, sure do.”
“Aren’t you afraid of me?” Satan asked.
“Nope, sure ain’t,” said the man.
“Don’t you realize I can kill you with a word?” asked Satan.
“Don’t doubt it for a minute,” returned the old man, in an even tone.
“Did you know that I could cause you profound, horrifying, physical AGONY… for all eternity?” persisted Satan.
“Yep,” was the calm reply.
“And you’re still not afraid?” asked Satan.
“Nope.”
More than a little perturbed, Satan asked, “Well, why aren’t you afraid of me?”
The man calmly replied, "Been married to your sister for the last 48 years!!..
“His wife” could be a…let’s say, “euphemism” for something else. In which case, that ain’t rainwater falling…
He beat pee pee?
To a women no less
it is the birth of rainbows
