I just saw a video on YouTube of a British man all excited about having brought the USAmerican superpower of being able to smell the coming rain back to the UK. I was not aware that this ability was a distinctly US thing? O_o;;; But after a short poll around a few of my friends, the answer has so far split down USAmerican/non-USAmerican lines. So now I'm curious. But 6 people is way too small a sample size, so I thought I'd toss a poll out about it.
(Now a friend of mine posited that perhaps it's because the UK is such a generally wet climate that it's harder for a native to smell when it's about to rain because it sort of always smells like rain. Maybe there's something to that? So feel free to add that context (how much annual precipitation your country gets) along with your answer to the poll in the tags.)
Where are you from and can you smell precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) coming?
I am USAmerican and can smell precipitation coming.
I am USAmerican and cannot smell precipitation coming.
I am not USAmerican and can smell precipitation coming.
I am not USAmerican and cannot smell precipitation coming.
